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Originally Posted by topman
I think mss is getting at is that governments like to use lots of modest levers, as opposed to few large ones, to discourage or encourage certain behaviours.
As long as this remains so, we'll see taxes that reflect this.
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yes I knew that. I thought it would be obvious though, having a 'modest' additional cost to fuel would manipulate the behaviour of taking less journeys. Thereby reducing emissions or encouraging the transfer to electric power vehicles.