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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on November 16, 2020, 08:50:11 PM

Title: UK fuel tax has a problem...
Post by: rcjordan on November 16, 2020, 08:50:11 PM
...EVs

"£40bn black hole in the public finances, which would result from a proposed ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars within a decade."

Road pricing could offset loss of fuel duty from electric cars | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/16/road-pricing-could-offset-loss-of-fuel-duty-from-electric-cars
Title: Re: UK fuel tax has a problem...
Post by: Torben on November 17, 2020, 10:34:28 AM
that is the case in all scandinavian countries
Title: Re: UK fuel tax has a problem...
Post by: rcjordan on November 17, 2020, 03:00:26 PM
How is Denmark proposing to replace their fuel tax?  I can't imagine raising the vehicle excise tax above its ridiculously high current level.