Why is it.....
That these ignorant greenies fail to see the big picture, and continue to promote the "all about me" attitude?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-1...arging/9235564
The article notes how the average fossil-fuel car, with 40% excise on fuel, contributes around 4.5c per km to road funding, whilst electric cars contribute nothing.
It then goes on to suggest a distance based, or "user pays" tax system for road funding - meaning owners of electric cars will have to contribute to funding the very roads they are using.
The article quotes a clown with a Tesla who is only willing to pay the distance tax on one condition - he wants an "air quality tax" on fossil fueled cars:
Quote:
"Western Australia resident Rob Dean, who has owned his Tesla Model S for more than three years, said he would be happy to pay a "fairly proportioned distance tax" to pay for his road use, but there's a catch.
"I would also expect any progressive government to add an air quality tax on fossil fuel vehicles that emit damaging tailpipe emissions into the air we breath, in turn placing a heavy burden on the health system," he said."
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Where the F%*# does he think the power comes from for the majority of electric cars on the road?
Shifting emissions from the tailpipe to the power station is the reality these self-entitled elitists fail to see. Maybe 1 in 100 might be truly "green" charging only with solar, but they would be a very small minority, especially since WA, where he resides, generated just 7% of their power from renewable sources in 2014-2015:
https://rac.com.au/home-life/info/st...e-energy-in-wa