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174 comments on Andris Piebalgs : getting a sense of proportion

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Partypooper on March 30, 2008 - 10:39am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

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You are forgetting the taxation component of automotive fuels. The government will eventually have to tax "automotive" electricity if we all start using it. The price will rise 6 fold then. How they will do this, I don't know but they will find a way!

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nick2w on March 30, 2008 - 6:19pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It would make sense to tax mileage and perhaps adjust that tax according to the 'fuel' efficiency of the car and perhaps price in some form of peak congestion charging.

I suspect this would create a new industry in 'clocking' although many of the big brother propsals for satelite tracking on vehicles would resolve this.

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Partypooper on March 31, 2008 - 4:08pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Jevons' Paradox in operation?

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Partypooper on March 31, 2008 - 4:08pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Jevons' Paradox in operation?

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