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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (144484)	7/15/2014 9:42:46 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

We need to raise the gas tax to a quarter a gallon Raise the money to fix our roads while disincentivizing driving gas burning vehicles .,,I went from a car that had 550hp last year to a 4 cylinder this year So I am now in favor of increasing the tax

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (144484)	7/15/2014 10:17:19 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

" I have a Tesla and I don't pay any to drive that car." You should. Potholes and falling bridges ruin Teslas, too. We need to develop some sort of user tax for electrics, NGs, and compressed air vehicles.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (144484)	7/15/2014 11:29:58 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Tesla releasing a 200 mile range vehicle theverge.com This is bothersome to me I sorta need a 300 mile range vehicle..and that's gas where there is probably a fuel stop, other than my practice of GPS'ing the next COSTCO, if I needed it Pretty sure I would not be interested in an electric with that range as my only vehicle You are basically limiting yourself probably safely to an 80 mile radius from your base, given the lack of charging infrastructure