I can’t find anything to disagree with. Those kids and their coaches deserve to be in a safe place. The Mayor of Coeur d’alene and the governor can say all the words they want, but the hate mongers have a haven that’s at least as old as I am. They’re there. They’ve been there. And they’ll stay there as long as they’re allowed.
@trelord75 I don't have a problem paying a road user tax, but it should be levied on ALL road users, at a federal level, and based on WEIGHT, not fuel used. So those ridiculous utes that just keep getting heavier and heavier are appropriately taxed. Carbon price on petrol should be instigated as well, take the petrol excise out altogether and just make a user change for all vehicles, it was annoying having to submit my odo, but why shouldn't everyone, not just EVs??
The average ute in Australia is now 2 tonne. My Mitsubishi Minicab-MiEV weighs about 1.2 tonne, around HALF that of the average ute!!
When ute owners stop getting tax breaks and start paying road user charges AND a carbon tax for filling the air with far more poisonous exhaust fumes than they need to get where they need to go, that will be a good day.
Decarbonising road transport - Lighter vehicles make a big difference
"Currently, a large diesel SUV typically emits a kilogram of CO₂ for every 3 kilometres of driving, compared to 15km for a light electric vehicle and 200 kilometres for an e-bike. An average electric vehicle currently emits 1kg of CO₂ every 7km."
"Australia is on track to miss the net-zero target for 2050 mainly because of the large proportions of fossil-fuelled vehicles and large and heavy passenger vehicles."