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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by aziaziazi on Saturday September 21, 2024 @05:30AM (#41608736)
A tax can help common infrastructures (building road) or limit something (cigarettes price)

Some people think the ICE car tax(es) already in place are not sufficient compared to the damage they cause. To reduce usage, both tax and public opinion (shaming, vilifying) works great.

It’s regrettable the efforts only focus on a car motors, the most dangerous property of a car is it’s weight (and emissions depends on that weight).

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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by jprete on Saturday September 21, 2024 @06:41AM (#41609059)
Vilifying things doesn't accomplish anything because the negative opinion becomes a cultural split. People don't care about the hatred of their out-group and lots of people will seek it out to burnish their status with the in-group.
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by wiseowise on Saturday September 21, 2024 @12:29PM (#41610955)
The cars in question are luxury cars that are dime a dozen. I understand heavily taxing ordinary ICE cars, but why luxury ones?
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