Fredxx wrote:
On 21/05/2021 16:41, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Ian Jackson wrote:
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Tim+ wrote:
Everyone here seems to obsess over the negatives and refuse to
acknowledge the positives of EVs.

On my current variable tariff my fuel costs less than 2p per mile. Even
if I was on a standard fixed rate tariff of say 15p/kWh, it would still
be under 5p per mile.

Enjoy it while you can. As the tax revenue from petrol and diesel falls,
the government will have to find a way to replace it. And the most likely
way, road pricing.

If so, this will be yet another example of how we're progressing back to
the days of travel by stagecoach.

Can't really see any other way. With diesel etc you pay more tax the more
you drive. And it's not really possible to tax electricity used in EVs
separately.

It will come; where smart meters will charge accordingly.


Personally, I doubt it. A mileage charge will be much easier to implement.

Tim

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