Defunct
The Voluntary Gas Tax project operated from 2001 to 2006. In 2007 we shut down the project. We've left the old web pages posted here just for the historical record.
If you would like to contact me about this site, my e-mail address is posted on my homepage.
"Every time Alissa Martz of Bellingham drives her car,
the Nature Conservancy, the International Bicycle Fund and the Union of
Concerned Scientists make money."
— December 2002 — See full story in the Seattle Times
"This winter, there's a sickness spreading across the
country. It isn't the annual flu bug, sending us scurrying to bed with
sniffles, coughs, and fever. And it isn't the sad state of the economy,
sending workers home with pink slips just in time for Christmas. No, this
sickness is a new epidemic, though it's also been around us for years,
affecting some more than others. I like to call it the Oil-Weariness
Complex."
— December 2002 — See full story at Tidepool
"Gasoline taxes in the United States are much lower than
in Europe, resulting in cheap fuel and America's high per-capita
consumption of it (not to mention high per-capita carbon emissions). One
organization that supports RMI is stirring things up by asking Americans to
volunteer additional “virtual taxes” when they buy fuel."
— June 2004 — See full story in the RMI newsletter (956k PDF, page 12)