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Government halves fuel excise to cut price on petrol and diesel (www.abc.net.au)
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**In short: **

The government has halved the fuel excise, reducing the cost of petrol and diesel by 26.3 cents a litre for three months.

The heavy road user charge will also be reduced to zero for the same period, taking pressure off truck drivers and transport costs.

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[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's likely the reason yeah, even if it makes the problem worse given it's mostly a demand side problem (for now). Functionally illiterate conservatives don't know or care about that, however.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As opposed to the functionally illiterate “progressives” who think their EVs are made using sunshine and wind 🤣🤡

[–] shads@lemy.lol 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You again? What part of the fossil fuel industry do you work in?

Nobody believes EVs are without drawbacks, but your blind hatred of renewables and EVs comes across as more unhinged every time I see your name on a comment. I've engaged with you in good faith before and you have shown yourself to be a bad actor. If you can't figure out why moving away from fossil fuels is a good thing at least shut up and let the rest of the world get on with it.

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 2 weeks ago

Whoosh.

EVs, batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines are all made with fossil fuels.

I don’t hate renewable energy and EVs actually. I love solar power, and any cars I buy as daily drivers in the future will be EVs. I’ve got 42kWh of home batteries with solar panels feeding them, racking up credit every month instead of a power bill.

What I am against is the “renewables” industry push as it is. It’s not a path to zero carbon. All it’s doing is passing our carbon creation to China, and lining their pockets while they spit it out into the atmosphere and make us more and more reliant on them.

Batteries and their materials are not renewable.

Solar panels are not made from renewable materials, nor are they economically feasible to even recycle - it is cheaper to chuck them in landfill and buy a new one than to recycle or repair an old/broken one.

The only way to actual carbon neutral is nuclear, but the “renewable” zealots don’t want it because they listen to people making billions off government subsidies for “renewables”.