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Originally Posted by SamB
Here in New Zealand we don't pay taxes when you buy diesel, you have to pay Road User Charges instead (so you pay for say 10,000Km in one go and the cost is different depending on weight, axles etc)
So.... the govt doesn't have any problem with people making there own fuels so long as it isn't dangerous!
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That's a very sensible way to go about taxing - you pay for your use of the public roads, the amount of payment for the roads directly related to how much the payor uses the roads.
It's way to simple for the US of course, and would deprive the gov't of one of it's largest cash cows.