Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 24^th, 2021 at 2:07pm:



More subsidies for the well-off. So ACT.

Tell us that when taxes go up for funding roads etc.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 24^th, 2021 at 3:41pm:

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 24^th, 2021 at 3:41pm:



Er.... not a State....  so much for  your 'education'.


"The overseas experience is clear on this point: any cuts to EV subsidies quickly lead to a significant drop-off in the demand for EVs.

Let’s mention here that these subsidies are highly regressive – it is overwhelmingly high-income owners who purchase EVs, often as second cars. (When a long trip is planned, it is the petrol/diesel car that’s used – the owners aren’t that stupid.)
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At most, EVs will save between 6 and 10 tons of emissions, after the construction of the vehicle is taken into account.

And note here that most batteries are produced in China using coal as the energy source. This means that one quarter of the typical emissions of a petrol/diesel-powered car are generated at this point for EVs with China-sourced batteries.

Taking the average subsidies to EVs, it turns out that the cost of abatement for EVs can be up to 120 times higher than what can be achieved in the electricity sector. As Faith Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (and no climate sceptic) has stated: ‘If you think you can save the climate with electric cars, you’re completely wrong.’

The bottom line is that EVs are a road to nowhere at this point of time.  They may give their high-income owners a sense of smug satisfaction that they are doing right by the planet, but it’s just a grift by another name."

Frank wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 10:03am:



Is Judith Sloan a non biased view?

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 10:40am:

Not at all.  Territory governments have limited powers compared to States.  The ACT and NT euthanasia laws could be overturned by the Commonwealth. Such State law cannot.
The territories have a different constitutional status as they are not parties to the Federation. They are just big Local Governments with a little bit of extra but making sure they are not the same as the States.  That's  why half a million Tasmanians gave 10 senators while 400 thousand Canberrans have two.
The ACT Police is part of the AFP while State police forces are not. And so on.

Frank wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 1:08pm:



No the non biased view is one in which you don't start from a presupposed position to fit who funds your think tank and then publish to suit them.


Try looking up the IPA one day

I think the eventual cleaner air that people in the ACT will breathe might end up being worth not collecting the revenue from registration.

lee wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 2:25pm:




Exactly, funded for bias. Thanks contrarian.

Anus gas around Parliament House is a bigger problem.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 3:15pm:


I was going to mention bushfire smoke in my last post. We had a burnoff over a week ago on our mountain. The smoke hung around for days after the fires were put out. But even if it was windy, the smoke would have lingered in town with high rise buildings and the Athelstane range creating wind breaks. Just lucky that the wind direction was heading north when they did the burn off.

I would say that the smog would still be around, even blowing slowly during the rush hour period. But there would still be plenty of people to breathe in the fumes when the cars are on the road in great numbers.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 3:30pm:


I suppose with Canberra being roughly 570+ metres above sea level, smog would not be a problem. So, there is that feature in its favour.

lee wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 4:25pm:



I agree do you see me posting from the Australia Institute?

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 5:05pm:



I don't know where you post from.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 8:38pm:



So not the Australia Institute? Mum's basement?

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on May 25^th, 2021 at 10:00pm:



But true nevertheless.