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By IAN DUNCAN AND JOE FOX | The Washington Post | Published: March 12, 2021 Bruce Starr spotted the problem right away: The hydrogen-powered cars General Motors was showing off on the Oregon Capitol grounds wouldn t need gas. And if they didn t need gas, drivers wouldn t be paying gas taxes that fund the state s roads. It was 2001, and the problem seemed urgent. GM predicted the cars would be on the market in a few years. Starr, then a Republican state representative, created a task force to figure out the future of transportation funding. There s no asphalt fairy out there that sprinkles asphalt in the night on our roadways, he said recently.