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by b112 87 days ago
You actually can breath in "large cities", unless you have a pre-existing health condition. Otherwise, all the people in those "large cities" would already be dead, and they'd cease being "large cities". Or at least, populated ones.

"Carbon emissions" is a human rights issue, just as 1000 other things are. Whether "reducing" carbon emissions is determined to be a right is not black and white as of yet.

Regardless, leveling a road tax has nothing to do with that. It is merely a tax to be inline with what everyone else pays. You may as well say you have a right to a free electric car too, or maybe a right to get 50% off.

You do realise the roads have to be maintained, yes? And that's what the tax on gas is for, yes? I assure you, endless environmentalists which don't drive anything at all, and see the construction of roads as an annoyance, would be upset at the idea of cars, any type of car, electric or otherwise, as bad. And are very upset at any sort of car being subsidized to increase adoption.

But of course, because you own an electric car, it's now a human rights issue that you get to pay less. Right?

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I may have exaggerated. In large cities the air is significantly less comfortable to breathe.

  > because you own an electric car, it's now a human rights issue that you get to pay less. Right?
No, why would you think that? It is only fair that electric car users, myself included, pay for the proportional damage and wear to the roads.

Now tell me why the polluting carbon-burning vehicles don't have a separate tax to repair the damage they do to the environment, e.g. climate change? How much would that tax cost?

You responded to this:

Paying the fair share for road maintenance isn't a human rights issue.

by saying this:

Reducing carbon emissions most certainly is a human rights issue.

Which was is in a thread where someone complained about paying tax, and "human rights".

So yes, naturally, I would think that is your intent.

>You actually can breath in "large cities", unless you have a pre-existing health condition.

Did you know that some people have health conditions?