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I suspect BP would have actually worked (rather, been made to "work") during the socialist lost decade(s) in Israel. The national security advantage of not nee
by rdl 13y ago
I suspect BP would have actually worked (rather, been made to "work") during the socialist lost decade(s) in Israel. The national security advantage of not needing oil probably would have led to a huge tax on either petrol cars or fuel, combined with subsidy. Consumers could have been forced to accept one model of kind of mediocre car instead of the full range of options today.
- netcan 13y agoThey got this even during Israel's capitalist era. BP got a temporary exemption from the 90% car tax. Fuel is heavily taxed already which supposedly pays for road maintenance. There are probably other areas where they may have gotten support: valuable land for stations, on-road taxes, electricity.
- pron 13y ago"... during the socialist lost decade(s) in Israel" I wouldn't call them "lost decades". Many of us sorely miss those years; though, to be honest, it's hard to separate fact from nostalgia.