The Victorian government is in the process of designing a road user tax (R.U.T. - so appropriate a description of many of our roads!). Other states are, foolishly, thinking along these lines. This will have the effect of DISCOURAGING EV UPTAKE. How come politicians are so insensitive to their electorate AND to the environment?AH, you say, they need something to take the place of the current (no pun intended) fuel excise. It's the same tax that's charged on spirits, cigarettes etc. Don' ...