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Calvin27 said:
Must be part of their grand plan to claim parts of the pacific by being the biggest contributor to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Rest of world: This is YOUR rubbish.
China: Look we made an island.
Rest of the world: You can't claim the pacific
China: You said it's my rubbish, now it's my island and I am claiming it.
Rest of world: Does this impact you iphone making capacity?
China: no
Rest of world: As you were....
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They are already bullying all in the South China Sea.


I'd imagine the same happens with automotive tyres, expect they sink to the bottom of the ocean and don't have the sunlight to aid in breaking them down as fast.

[My rant for the day] Ignorance is bliss in this world, no doubt the future generations will suffer or pay the price.
 
Ben gets it:

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Lifestyle change is necessary, solely implementing green tech perpetuates failure.
 
hifiandmtb said:
Ben gets it:
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Rationing emissions quota is a nice ideological wish but no one can seem to agree on a method. You could do per capita easily then comes the hard question about birth rates and even the hippies cannot agree. What happens if you have zero one two or three or more kids, how do you split the quota. Do those kids have a lower split of your allowance or does everyone else get a little less becaues you went and reproduced like mad?
 
Crony capitalism has failed. Instead of creating the most efficient markets, we've simply taken the lazy/greedy path and created junk markets and products ad infinitum. We are beyond the pale when it comes to what we produce and consume and just as much scrutiny needs to be placed on the companies and entities producing tomorrow's trash as is often placed on those consuming them.
 
Elbo said:
Crony capitalism has failed. Instead of creating the most efficient markets
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The part that failed was pretending to be a free market. Free markets necessitate that nothing is too big to fail. But here we have a pseudo capitalism model where vested interests, brides (sorry, political influence) and bail-outs are common. Ideally you'd run the world with zero income taxes, just one single environment and possibly land tax. Gone off topic though haha
 
Calvin27 said:
The part that failed was pretending to be a free market. Free markets necessitate that nothing is too big to fail. But here we have a pseudo capitalism model where vested interests, brides (sorry, political influence) and bail-outs are common. Ideally you'd run the world with zero income taxes, just one single environment and possibly land tax. Gone off topic though haha
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Agreed. If this was actually a free market, we wouldn't be propping up companies who only exist because they defer future costs (to people, the environment, etc) down the line.
 
www.whichcar.com.au

Hot hatches could become an endangered species

Could Australia adopt France’s crippling tax on performance cars?
www.whichcar.com.au www.whichcar.com.au

Im a little sad to see the end of the French hot hatch, they invented the segment and owned it since. But I do like this bit;

France has declared war on the big SUV as well, with a tax on vehicle weight set to be introduced in 2022, charging €10 (A$15) for every kilogram over 1800kg. That’d be around a surcharge of €10,000 (A$15,759) on a Nissan Patrol, added to the €29,070 (A$45,811) charge for emitting over 218g/km of carbon dioxide.
 
Scotty T said:
Make way for the Germans then if nobody else beats them to it...

www.caradvice.com.au

Volkswagen ID.3 R electric hot-hatch coming in 2024 - report

Will VW's electric hot hatch make it to Aus?
www.caradvice.com.au www.caradvice.com.au
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:)

www.topgear.com

The 460bhp Renault Zoe e-Sport isn't dead yet

Hurrah! Renault's still working out how its madcap electric hatch makes production
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ZOE e-Sport Concept. 100% Electric. 100% Sport.

The Renault ZOE e-sport concept car has been revealed overnight at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show showcases Renault’s commitment to the ongoing development of electric vehicles. [[renault-gallery:19193]] Based on the all-electric ZOE’s supermini platform, ZOE e-sport concept draws on Groupe...
www.renault.com.au www.renault.com.au
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Haakon said:
France has declared war on the big SUV as well, with a tax on vehicle weight set to be introduced in 2022, charging €10 (A$15) for every kilogram over 1800kg. That’d be around a surcharge of €10,000 (A$15,759) on a Nissan Patrol, added to the €29,070 (A$45,811) charge for emitting over 218g/km of carbon dioxide.
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Wow, no wonder you don't see many 4WDs in Europe.
 
Haakon said:
France has declared war on the big SUV as well, with a tax on vehicle weight set to be introduced in 2022, charging €10 (A$15) for every kilogram over 1800kg. That’d be around a surcharge of €10,000 (A$15,759) on a Nissan Patrol, added to the €29,070 (A$45,811) charge for emitting over 218g/km of carbon dioxide.
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+1 That's progress, manufacturers, bar suzuki seem to have forgotten weight as a critical input.
 
I'm not going to be the apologist here but what is good for France or Germany or wherever automobiles are economically made in this homogeneous McDonald's of a planet is not likely good for everywhere else....and everywhere else has a habit of fucking up good intentions. Australia is going to be good at this...
 
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