Mastodawn

Energy subsidies that make sense right now:
- free public transport in cities;
- remote VAT on bikes and e-bikes;
- buying back petrol cars if someone switches it for an EV;
- installing EV charging points in gas stations.

Energy subsidies that don’t make sense:
- lowering taxes on petrol and diesel to ease the shock.

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@iveyline

@juliette Agree 100%. It would be counter-productive to reduce taxes on fuel. We need to move away from fossil fuels as fast as we can. Higher fuel prices are painful but will accelerate change. We are already seeing a big increase in EV sales in aotearoa as a result.