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Originally Posted by andrewb
Good idea, we could call it a fuel duty.
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Lol, is fuel duty having much of an impact though. I think because the tax is associated with fuel rather than something more blatant than distances then it becomes less of an issue for people and they'll still use their cars just as much.
I mean, public transport is pretty expensive anyway when you think about it, so unless fuel duty is significantly more expensive than the cost (both of time as well as the fuel, maintenance etc) to the public then they'll continue to use their cars regardless.
I don't know the figures for things like fuel, it's not something I'm that interested in.
What I am more than aware of though is that there are plenty of people in the world that act like they would be incapacitated without their cars, when there are in actual fact plenty of people who cope fine by using the buses to do their shopping or go to work. Thousands and thousands of students and elderly people do it every day who can't afford to run cars.