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    Pay by mile - taxing road use?

    I don't think that is unreasonable (I didn't say popular! and ergo governments may avoid doing that), but driving an ICE is contributing to pollution, health problems, and climate change ... all of which are going to cost money to fix, later on, so "polluter pays" is one solution. But a "tax on...
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    Pay by mile - taxing road use?

    FWIW I've been driving EV since 2015. Back then I was doing 35K miles a year (and whilst infrastructure may not be great now, it certainly wasn't then!) I can charge at home. If I didn't ... I doubt I would have been in a hurry to get one. I agree not suitable for everyone. I think that's a...
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    Pay by mile - taxing road use?

    I've never been to New Zealand, but my understanding is that they have "Road User Charges" (RUC). Petrol has duty included in pump-price, so no RUC required, but Diesel has no tax (I think) and there is a reduced rate for PHEV to take into account that "some" of the miles will be assumed to be...
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    Safari - Bridge camera - need advice for L-shoe, microphone, etc

    My first post I'm going on Safari in a few months time. I've been before, and taken a bridge camera (Canon HS 50 SX) The internal microphone picks up the noise of the focus / zoom motor (on that model, previously owned an earlier model and don't remember it doing that) I'm thinking of buying...
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