Rob Burton, once and future non-existent entity.
@robertsburton.bsky.social
Occasional writer. Always a reader. Sometime musician and voice actor, more often sound engineer. Cement-punk overtones with a philosophical subtext, served amidst the aroma of the world's end.
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That is a cracking episode
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
That is a cracking episode
If you want to sin tax fossil fuel vehicles, you already have tax on fuel the government can raise, which, for physics reasons, also encourages smaller vehicles.
Link things to physics: it's not something you can negotiate exemptions for, and impossible to bribe or argue with.
Link things to physics: it's not something you can negotiate exemptions for, and impossible to bribe or argue with.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If you want to sin tax fossil fuel vehicles, you already have tax on fuel the government can raise, which, for physics reasons, also encourages smaller vehicles.
Link things to physics: it's not something you can negotiate exemptions for, and impossible to bribe or argue with.
Link things to physics: it's not something you can negotiate exemptions for, and impossible to bribe or argue with.
It strikes me if you want a road tax that covers all types of vehicles fairly, do it on the basis of the model's kerb weight. It's publicly available information, and the reg is tagged to the make and model, so it's easy to implement and difficult to cheat, and encourages smaller vehicles.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It strikes me if you want a road tax that covers all types of vehicles fairly, do it on the basis of the model's kerb weight. It's publicly available information, and the reg is tagged to the make and model, so it's easy to implement and difficult to cheat, and encourages smaller vehicles.
Agreed. Out of interest, where do you land wrt cases where the copyright is in possession of someone other than the creator? By sale, or inheritance, say? What if it's something out of copyright?
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Agreed. Out of interest, where do you land wrt cases where the copyright is in possession of someone other than the creator? By sale, or inheritance, say? What if it's something out of copyright?