On Thu, 7 Aug 2025 09:00:18 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
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ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
So, what do you think of the idea of road-user-charges for all? The >Government is trying to stem the decline in the roading revenue, currently >mostly coming from taxes on fuel, by extending the RUC system to all >vehicles, and making the payment system more automated (“E-RUCs”, I
guess?). If they want more revenue, then we will end up paying more
overall.
Dropping the fuel tax entirely would get rid of a lot of the incentive to >move to alternative power sources.
What is the point of such an incentive?
Petrol and diesel are far better than any alternatives. If these
alternatives are really an improvement, then they will eventually
displace petrol and diesel in the same way that cars and trucks
displaced horses and carts.
Bill.
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