As M. Greenbank said, it's just incentivising lower polluting cars. Sound policy
Dunno. I kind of feel that if the cars really are that gross (and are they any more gross than say other types of conspicuous consumption like frequent long distance air travel / super motorbikes / lambos / bitcoin etc?) they should be regulated out completely. Going nuts on the tax on them is icky. Looks like a cash grab, not a policy implementation.
Ultimately it's not going to get folks out of cars, so I'm not sure why we'd be cheering it.
If you can get enough cash out of it to fund policies driving change from those willing to pay steep prices for status, I don't see why the govt shouldn't capitalise on the opportunity to redirect funds where they might directly counteract the issue.
Dunno. I kind of feel that if the cars really are that gross (and are they any more gross than say other types of conspicuous consumption like frequent long distance air travel / super motorbikes / lambos / bitcoin etc?) they should be regulated out completely. Going nuts on the tax on them is icky. Looks like a cash grab, not a policy implementation.
Ultimately it's not going to get folks out of cars, so I'm not sure why we'd be cheering it.