Well yeah, but most of my driving is around the suburbs or the small country roads near my house, no complaints I guess, but i wouldn’t be paying my fair share of road use.
Plus to cover the full road network seems like a huge expense. I mean you could fund it using a carbon tax, but I feel like paying for tollboths is not good bang for buck in carbon abatement
Anyone got a podcast for the sovereign citizen moment? Kinda interested in a morbid kind of way
Good point, I hadn’t thought of a car rego declaration. Servicing seems like not the best idea as it would make life harder for poor people, who might stretch out servicing and would probably do it more if there was an additional cost at that point.
I’m scared that continually tracking your car will be the default option though. Best argument against it is to argue that it would put victims of domestic violence at further risk
They’re actually pentapedal, educate yourself
Too many legs
My biggest problem with that is the distance; either the licencing authority has access to our cars position or we self report it. Neither are great options in my opinion
How do you calculate the road toll?
Fuel excise makes sense, the more fuel you use the more you’ve probably driven, the more damage you’ve contributed to the road. How to make it fair for EV users with out invading individual privacy is harder. Like what should a commuter pay compared to a courier who would do far more kms and relies on the road for the business?
It’s going to be unpopular, but as a car lover, I’m happy to pay a carbon tax to keep driving gas guzzlers and have that reinvested into carbon neutrality, whether that’s EV subsidies or something else work a better carbon return
Uh huh. Threatening sexual violence to fix sexual violence makes so much sense.
Yeah, but isn’t it really underhanded to out someone before they’re ready or have given permission? Don’t really know anyone gay myself, but it seems suss
Bibi’s comments boiled down, “if you love them so much, you take them.”
If the economy is good, the accepted wisdom is interest rates go up
You idiot, you should have said "I told you so,"when the jobs report came out bad and added that the “high interest rates were killing jobs.”
You can’t believe in yourself with low self esteem
Some parents don’t have time. You knock off work, pick the kids up, and get home and prepare dinner so they can get to bed at a decent time. If you have older kids who need to get to other places, then there’s another constrain. If you need to get to the shops or bank or something you have to cut some tasks out to meet your priorities.
Mate, we had an “unfair” relationship with you in your favour here in Australia and you still fucked it up
This announcement is de facto recognising a Palestinian state, they will have to wait until September to de jure recognise the state (thankyou CK2 for explaining that distinction.)
I guess taking that logic, a insurance company that doesn’t trust the science could offer lower rates and take the increase in customers and reap the rewards. But strangely no one is??
Love how Trump is giving Putin veto power in Nato