A fine is a tax for doing something wrong and a tax is a fine for doing something right. In this case, I'm not sure which it is. We have given incentives and rebates and every form of hand out to encourage folks to buy hybrid cars. Promoters of hybrid cars insist that these vehicles are the only things left to save our environment. The incentives are offered to encourage people to purchase these vehicles. So now we should tax them to discourage people from purchasing them. There are so few of these cars on the road, I fail to see what the big deal is. Officials think it will recoup the lost gas tax that's used to maintain and build roads. I think there are so few of them, it will make little difference.