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Same solution as most problems: import tax should include cost of getting rid of the car when you’re done. Then getting rid of a car is free. Ship it off the is

Same solution as most problems: import tax should include cost of getting rid of the car when you’re done. Then getting rid of a car is free. Ship it off the island at your expense and you get a refund.

bagels 3y ago
Yes, came for the same comment. Add an import tax of 2x whatever it takes to ship a car out. Each new car that comes in, two cars go out.
- booi 3y ago
  Isn't this the Mount Everest trash solution as well? You have to carry out more trash than you carried in
  - sambazi 3y ago
    some call it decency to leave a place just a little bit better than the way they found it, but "Mount Everest trash solution" sounds nice too
    - toomuchtodo 3y ago
      Decency in short supply.
    - booi 3y ago
      If we trusted decency, we wouldn't have the Mount Everest trash problem in the first place...
  - jojobas 3y ago
    Everyone has to carry out a fair bit more to break even, including the 4-5 poor buggers who die on Mt. Everest every year (and all their trash).
- lostlogin 3y ago
  This has the same issue as the proposed ‘no older than 15 years’ rule. It costs money. It’s hard to get past how cheap it is to just dump a car and buy a 20 year old one. Externalise those costs, what could go wrong?
  - tonyedgecombe 3y ago
    >It costs money. One of the benefits of not having a local car industry is you can tax the hell out of cars without much protest.
stupido123 3y ago
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0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago
It's a nice idea, but as the article states: >Located between Hawaii and New Zealand, over 3,000km east of Brisbane, Tonga's archipelago of islands is an expensive place to send a car. >Once a vehicle gets here, it's used for a long time. So basically you're making cars even more expensive, which will be an unpopular move with the locals, I assume. I wonder if it would be possible to use old cars and other trash to reclaim land from the ocean?

bagels 3y ago

Yes, came for the same comment. Add an import tax of 2x whatever it takes to ship a car out. Each new car that comes in, two cars go out.

booi 3y ago
Isn't this the Mount Everest trash solution as well? You have to carry out more trash than you carried in
- sambazi 3y ago
  some call it decency to leave a place just a little bit better than the way they found it, but "Mount Everest trash solution" sounds nice too
  - toomuchtodo 3y ago
    Decency in short supply.
  - booi 3y ago
    If we trusted decency, we wouldn't have the Mount Everest trash problem in the first place...
- jojobas 3y ago
  Everyone has to carry out a fair bit more to break even, including the 4-5 poor buggers who die on Mt. Everest every year (and all their trash).
lostlogin 3y ago
This has the same issue as the proposed ‘no older than 15 years’ rule. It costs money. It’s hard to get past how cheap it is to just dump a car and buy a 20 year old one. Externalise those costs, what could go wrong?
- tonyedgecombe 3y ago
  >It costs money. One of the benefits of not having a local car industry is you can tax the hell out of cars without much protest.

stupido123 3y ago

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0xDEAFBEAD 3y ago

It's a nice idea, but as the article states: >Located between Hawaii and New Zealand, over 3,000km east of Brisbane, Tonga's archipelago of islands is an expensive place to send a car. >Once a vehicle gets here, it's used for a long time. So basically you're making cars even more expensive, which will be an unpopular move with the locals, I assume. I wonder if it would be possible to use old cars and other trash to reclaim land from the ocean?