shootformoon
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The very easy fix for unpopularity of this gas tax is, redistributing the revenue by some kind of UBI so it can't be spun as taxing the poor.
The most immediate and simple way to tax based on pollution / fuel consumption would be to increase taxes on gas. Unlike a one-time sales tax (least related) or yearly (not much better but at least not limited to initial buyer), it incentivises to reduce consumption by increasing the variable part of TCO.
Except for being unpopular among voters, is there any other downside that I'm not seeing?