Re: New report shows new roads mean massive traffic growth.


Paul Weaver wrote:
iiiiDougiiii wrote:
Paul Weaver wrote:
iiiiDougiiii wrote:
Probably the desire to travel is instinctive, a relic from our
hunter-gatherer past, but the car and aircraft industries and the
tourist trade exploit that instinct to the full, as does the government
with its taxes.

So the government should reduce taxes on travelling? Excelent news!

That is not what I meant. Obviously, in the case of air travel, the
lack of a fuel tax is a problem. Also, the tax on car emissions is not
nearly high enough. However, taxes can be used to discourage
anti-social instincts like mass hypermobility, road pricing being one
example.

Maybe just a flat tax on all carbon emissions? say £1/kg Co2?

Difficult to operate.

(other pollutants take a back seat in recent years, noone cares about
NO2 levels)

Or all the others including carcinogens like benzene. How convenient!

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