Petition for government subsidies for EV’s

[Shallowal]

The fuel tax credit scheme is an almost A$6 billion subsidy each year to industry. ... The fuel tax credit scheme rebates excise tax to those businesses that consume diesel on non-public roads

That sounds quite fair and reasonable to me.
And it is NOT a subsidy.
It is a reduction in tax that would have been payable.

Perhaps it would be clearer if we were to use the term incentive rather than quibble about the difference between a tax reduction and a subsidy.

In my view, it is a rebate for a tax that should never have been levied. The fuel tax is 'meant' (ha ha ha !!!) to be for road maintenance, so if the fuel is being used for non-(public) road use, then the tax should never have been applied.

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

The fuel tax is 'meant' (ha ha ha !!!) to be for road maintenance, so if the fuel is being used for non-(public) road use, then the tax should never have been applied.

Keep in mind that fuel excise revenue doesn't even come close to covering the cost of road construction and/or maintenance and/or the cost of trauma care on the public hospital system, all of which is borne by taxpayers.

Remember that most road-kilometres are local streets, maintained by local councils, mostly paid for by your rates (plus a few federal grants to local councils).

And consider how much road trauma Teslas are responsible for (and how much they cost the state hospital system), relative to other cars. CTP only covers the innocent bystander (and even then it's basically a privately collected tax).

Myth: Motorists pay more in taxes and fees than is spent on roads | Public Transport Users Association (Victoria, Australia)

 

[George Marley]

Keep in mind that fuel excise revenue doesn't even come close to covering the cost of road construction and/or maintenance and/or the cost of trauma care on the public hospital system, all of which is borne by taxpayers.

Remember that most road-kilometres are local streets, maintained by local councils, mostly paid for by your rates (plus a few federal grants to local councils).

And consider how much road trauma Teslas are responsible for (and how much they cost the state hospital system), relative to other cars. CTP only covers the innocent bystander (and even then it's basically a privately collected tax).

Myth: Motorists pay more in taxes and fees than is spent on roads | Public Transport Users Association (Victoria, Australia)

Hush yo mouf!

 

[meowsers]

There won't be any EV subsidies any time soon. Women and children to the lifeboats first!

 

[George Marley]

There won't be any EV subsidies any time soon. Women and children to the lifeboats first!

"There's no way that this could happen"
I could hear the old captain curse
He ordered lifeboats away, that's when I heard the chaplain say
"Women and children and chaplains first"

 

[Didaho]

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.

Exactly. The consequences of unrestricted fossil fuel consumption are now as finely detailed and obvious as possible in a complex system. Choosing based insignificant differences in cost is now the irrational position.

 

[Bluebay]

signed - 10 more to go to reach 1000. Anyone else able to help ? Sign the Petition

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