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The real issue is to make the cars we drive more efficent... the only driver for that will be higher prices at the pumps...
The majority of new cars in Europe are far more economical then the equivalent cars in the Us... the only reason for that is the relatively loe price of fuel... there is no incentive for the Us car manufacturers to spend millions developing higher efficiency engines when it has no 'value' in the show room.
In Europe fuel economy is a high percentage selling point....
What you do to increase the cost per mile, either gas tax or mile tax is always a compromise... but the use of the raised revenue is more important.. if its seen as a general benefit to all then people will endorse it. if its more polotically driven pork barrle projects then not and it will fail..
Devil and the deep blue sea...for all of us.
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