>>Here in NJ, a large increase in gasoline taxes was passed recently in order to generate much needed money for bridges and roads.
Check out fuel taxes in Europe. You've a way to go yet. ;-) Though with improved technology, I would not be surprised to see more cars converted to use natural gas in the US with prices so cheap.
Followed by full-time electric once somebody can solve the battery capacity/cost dilemma. Basically battery technology to match a tank of gas or to make solar competitive for 24/7 city use, doesn't exist yet.
Speaking of which - with Trump accused of trying to destroy the planet by burning coal, I thought people might be interested in an alternative viewpoint:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-06/more-solar-jobs-curse-not-blessing
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
