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But you still can't put the cart before the horse. Tax people who don't switch to a viable, cleaner alternative from dinosaur-burning vehicles, but not before y
by fredley 8y ago
But you still can't put the cart before the horse. Tax people who don't switch to a viable, cleaner alternative from dinosaur-burning vehicles, but not before you've made that alternative viable in the first place. Much (most?) of the UK is not ready for full switchover yet.
- Swenrekcah 8y ago2032 is still 14 years away which is a long time. And according to the article it’s even then just about banning the sale of new vehicles. This should be completely doable if the UK puts half a mind to it.
- fredley 8y agoUnfortunately the UK does not have half a mind to spare, and won't for a few years at least. One of the less noticable side-effects of Brexit is that it totally dominates the entire political landscape, to the exclusion of other issues. In a news magazine I read[1], they had an infographic where they measured the average number of comments below articles on a number of unrelated topics it took for Brexit to be mentioned. The figures were mostly below 10 (and look at me, bringing up Brexit in this unrelated issue!) 1: https://www.slow-journalism.com/infographics/culture/infographic-can-british-people-talk-about-anything-other-than-brexit https://www.slow-journalism.com/infographics/culture/infogra...
- jstanley 8y agoI agree that the government shouldn't be meddling with this, I just don't agree that the prospect of ever switching to an electric car is "unimaginable".