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"The federal Coalition under Peter Dutton has announced that, if they win
government, they plan to remove penalties associated with the New Vehicle
Efficiency Standard.
To be clear, this would require legislative changes to be passed by both houses
of Parliament, something the coalition know would be impossible without an
equally impossible landslide victory. So what’s going on here?
My analysis is that this is yet another improbable policy aimed to gain support
from the right wing base, climate deniers and in particular males aged 18 -34
who have been trending rightwards for some time in most polling. I like to
think of them as bearded ute drivers.
It is chilling that the coalition have dressed this up as a cost saving
measure, presumably on the basis that vehicle importers at risk of incurring
penalties under the NVES will no longer have to pass that additional cost on to
consumers.
The reality is that most families buy second hand vehicles which are not
affected by the NVES. These vehicles typically use around 40% more fuel than
equivalent vehicles in the EU, and 20% more than those in the USA.
Without the NVES penalties, there is no incentive for importers to bring in
their more efficient models, so new cars will burn more fuel and will continue to
do so as they flow to the second hand market."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
