martin clark
pinko bodger
The US vs UK/EU perception of fuel cost at the Pump difference frankly is almost entirely all in taxation.
I don't actually have a problem with that, overall. Still think it's the best*/most direct way to change habits by effect of a road-mile-use charge.
*it is direct - hey your new 2.5tonne urban assault vehicle only manages 12mpg; your problem!
But also in simple but essential, old-fashioned personal expectation of anonymity, too: requires no tracking / further data collection about where I go, what or how we chose to travel: say to the beach tomorrow, just because the weather looks good, and we can/wish to as fam & friends. 'we'll share the cost of fuel, lunch, the rest - let's go.'...to my mind, such simple established expectations of privacy do matter. anything more invasive on watching who goes where/when.. must be resisted. And I'm a very ,very long way from a 'rights' nutter.
I don't actually have a problem with that, overall. Still think it's the best*/most direct way to change habits by effect of a road-mile-use charge.
*it is direct - hey your new 2.5tonne urban assault vehicle only manages 12mpg; your problem!
But also in simple but essential, old-fashioned personal expectation of anonymity, too: requires no tracking / further data collection about where I go, what or how we chose to travel: say to the beach tomorrow, just because the weather looks good, and we can/wish to as fam & friends. 'we'll share the cost of fuel, lunch, the rest - let's go.'...to my mind, such simple established expectations of privacy do matter. anything more invasive on watching who goes where/when.. must be resisted. And I'm a very ,very long way from a 'rights' nutter.