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Blimey. No surprise sales of hybrids aren't growing. We had, under Blair, yearly percentage increases above inflation in fuel tax as part of their climate cha
by anexprogrammer 10y ago
Blimey. No surprise sales of hybrids aren't growing.
We had, under Blair, yearly percentage increases above inflation in fuel tax as part of their climate change efforts. There was a point, I forget quite where - perhaps around 99p a litre or £4.40 a gallon, where behaviour and car use started to noticeably change.
- mikeash 10y agoYeah, it's kind of crazy. When gas prices started to retreat from the $4/gallon peak around 2008, there was talk of increasing gas taxes to compensate. Not just for climate change, but also because efficiency is hitting gas tax revenue and that money is needed to build and maintain roads. But it's a tough sell when half of the electorate thinks climate change is a conspiracy and government always wastes its money, so nothing happened.