Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car road tax

Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by FpUser on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:34PM (#25173547)

>"This, and it also subsidizes people’s decisions to live far away from where they work and commute by car every day."

Hence greatly increasing chances of finding better or any employment and at least partially reducing pressure employers can come up with.

  ...
  You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
  Another day older and deeper in debt
  Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
  I owe my soul to the company store 
  ...

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by URSpider94 on Sunday November 22, 2020 @03:28AM (#25175918)

That’s an interesting take. I mostly think of it in terms of urban sprawl - if it weren’t for the massive multi-lane freeways leading out to the countryside, people would live in higher-density housing close to city centers and transit hubs, and businesses would locate there as well. You’d still have a lot of choice about where to work, you’d just get there by bike, or train, or bus, or on foot. That’s how it is in Japan, Korea and most places in Europe I’ve been.

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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by FpUser on Sunday November 22, 2020 @09:21AM (#25177642)

>"That’s how it is in Japan, Korea and most places in Europe I’ve been."

To each their own.

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