Tax Bicyclists For Exhaling CO2 When They Ride, Says Wash. Repselfnews Post According to lawmakers who proposed the bike tax, it would help raise $1 million over the next decade to be used for road maintenance. The new $25 tax will be applied on every bike sold for over $500 in the state. One Washington lawmaker is making twisted argument in support of the new fee. Rep. Ed Orcutt wrote in an email to a bike shop that the CO2 that bicyclists exhale while riding is just one of the reasons he supports the bike tax. Since CO2 is deemed a greenhouse gas and a pollutant, bicyclists are actually polluting when they ride, Orcutt wrote. Therefore, they should pay taxes to help the environment as well as the roads. Here is his full email: Read other articles by selfnews Post Here linkwithin_text=Related Articles: This guy needs brain surgery 