I wonder how much it will be for push bikes…

  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
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    3 months ago

    Nah, the people you’re talking about are driving old beaters that drink fuel, because that’s all they can afford, and are paying far more per KM than anyone

    70c/l at 10l per 100km is almost exactly the same as RUCs, which are $76 per 100km, but with a bigger overall bill, as an equivalent diesel would be somewhere in the 7l range.

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      3 months ago

      It’s an interesting distinction you bring up. What is our goal? Do we want to ameliorate the plight of the poor with a fuel tax or RUCs? If that was the goal wouldn’t a tax based on the age or price of the vehicle be more effective?

      Personally, I was heavy vehicles and gas guzzling vehicle to be charge more because they:

      1. put more wear of the roads
      2. requie us to import more fossil fuels