[Peakoil] Budget: Increase petrol taxes Fuel Tax Escalator

[Keith]

A higher tax on petrol could be revenue neutral, and therefore more attractive politically, if motor vehicle registration costs fell in line. In fact, motor vehicle registration could be cut to, say, $20 (just covering administrative costs) and the petrol tax could take up the slack. Older, lower income people who drive occasionally to the shops and church, would be much better off. Those who cover a high mileage would be forced to think critically about whether their journey was justified or whether public transport could meet their needs.
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Keith Thomas
myrmecia at gmail.com
074 2929 4146
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On 04/05/2012, at 6:10 AM, Jenny Goldie wrote:


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bruce Robinson 
To: bruce.robinson at aspo-australia.org.au 
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:11 AM
Subject: Budget: Increase petrol taxes Fuel Tax Escalator


Budget:  Petrol taxes should be increased each year to prepare us for Peak Oil

Budget News Release.

4th May 2012  


Fuel taxes should be steadily raised to European levels and beyond to help achieve the budget surplus,  Bruce Robinson, convenor of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil said today.