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A comment on The Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement (2013). Parent comment

Re:The Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement (2013) by imtringued on Saturday October 12, 2019 @03:21PM (#21235550)
>governments looking for an excuse to raise taxes.

In Germany energy taxes + VAT make up more than 50% of the price of gasoline and this has been the case for decades. If we switch to 100% electric cars then the government will lose 10% of its tax income. This is a strong motivation to avoid transportation policies that are good for the environment.

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Re:The Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement (2013) by kgwgk on Saturday October 12, 2019 @03:56PM (#21235771)
> If we switch to 100% electric cars then the government will lose 10% of its tax income.

The government can tax whatever it wants, there is no reason why electric cars couldn’t generate the same tax receipts.

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