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“Implementing a #UserCharge would require #government to come up with some other means of determining how far individuals drove their #cars, and ideally would factor in the size of those cars, as heavier #vehicles do more damage to #roads.

Then there is the problem posed by #HybridVehicles, which run sometimes on #BatteryPower and sometimes on #FossilFuel. Does the government impose a “road user charge” as well as fuel excise, and if so, what adjustment should be made to the rate?

Past efforts at levying an #RUC also have imposed onerous compliance requirements on #EV owners.

When #Victoria brought in one in 2021, says #TennantReed, director of climate change and energy at the Australian Industry Group, “people had to take photos of their odometer twice a year and send them to the state revenue. People didn’t like that.” A couple of years later, the #HighCourt found the scheme to be #unconstitutional.”

#Australia / #Labor / #taxation / #ElectricVehicles <https://archive.md/cAHa8> / <https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy/2025/11/08/inside-labors-plan-tax-evs>

A pretty good article on the future of road user chargers #RUC in #nz https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/134640/we-wanna-ruc-govt-says-how-complicated-will-new-vehicle-tax-be-and-will

[Conference News] In Aug. 10-11 (Sat. - Sun.), Renmin University of China #RUC is hosting a large conference on the formation and practice of the "Grand Unity" conception in #China, involving a lot about the rulership and governance of #Qing dynasty.

I am presenting my paper on the defensive turn of Qing political culture in early #19thcentury from the case of Emperor Jiaqing's imperial tour to Mukden. I appreciate anyone interested in my paper, but I guess the more important thing is the keynote speech part -- look at the keynote speakers!

You can find more information in this page:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/gdjSUah8ZG6b-nZ3GBDfZw

#history #qinghistory #historians
@histodon @newqinghistory

🇬🇧 BRITISH SOLDIERS USE PALESTINIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDS IN PALESTINE, 1930s.

BRITISH SOLDIER USES CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS IN BELFAST, 1970s.

#StateTerrorism #Belfast #BSpecials #BritishArmy #RUC #Ireland #Colonialism #SNS #Haganah

Finally sorted my RUC for my RV. Had to double check I was reading the odometer right 'cause it was at exactly 56,000 Km. Since RUC is bought in 1,000 Km increments, I guess it will make it easier to figure out when I'm due to buy some more?

Had some extra $ in the car maintenance fund so I've bought what I hope is a year's worth of RUC. There is so much admin. to just keep a car street legal, and now this is one more.

(registration, WOF, insurance, service, and now this)

#RUC #LifeAdmin

PSNI's journalist surveillance: The story so far https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1rv18v2e87o #NorthernIreland #RUC

#Gaza - ❓‼️ "Hvordan kan det betragtes som apolitisk at forholde sig tavs, mens tusindvis af palæstinensere bliver dræbt?"

"Når universiteterne uden videre kan gribe ind over for Rusland og anerkende dets politiske ansvar i den sammenhæng, hvorfor forbliver de så tavse om Israels handlinger?"

#Israel #folkedrab #folkemord #ICJ #våbenhandel #dobbeltmoral #dkpol #DTU #RUC #AU #KU #menneskerettigheder
https://www.information.dk/debat/2024/04/aabent-brev-danske-universiteter-lyt-studerende-ansattes-krav-boykot-israel

Så ankom resultatet af regeringens #uddannelsesreform. #RUC bliver som det mindste universitet ramt hårdest og skal mindske sit optag med ikke mindre end 14.1%!! Det vil formodenligt ende med den femte fyringsrunde på 10 år. Reelt vil universitetets økonomi være reduceret med næsten 15% på 10 år! #dkpol #uddannelse

The Good Friday Agreement #GFA, signed in 1998, ended most of the violence of #TheTroubles.
It called for a commission to review policing in #NorthernIreland. As a consequence, in 2001, the Royal Ulster Constabulary #RUC was reformed and renamed to #PSNI.
Jon Boutcher, the Chief Constable of the PSNI, leads Operation #Kenova, which has spent the last seven years, and £40m, investigating 101 murders and abductions linked to the #British military double-agent known by the code #Stakeknife.

One of the report’s most serious conclusions is that the impunity was discussed at Cabinet level during the conflict and continued until six years after the #IRA ceasefire of 1994 and two years after the Good Friday Agreement.
(Prime Ministers: Margaret #Thatcher, #JohnMajor, Tony #Blair.)
Here is the report: https://www.kenova.co.uk/publication-of-kenova-interim-report

#Nationalists #counterTerrorism #stateViolence #Ulster #UK #Ireland #BritishArmy #colonies #IrishHistory #history #intelligence #doubleAgent #impunity #law #lawAndOrder

Going down the rabbit hole... Looks like WSP Global - a Canadian consulting company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSP_Global - is pushing #RUC across the US and many DOTs are buying into it. Seems like something #StrongTowns should have on their radar but I could not find them commenting on it.

A toll system w/ #CongestionPricing could be an alternative. The problem with this is that something like #GoodToGo needs expensive equipment. The cost of building this out needs to be weight against the cost of #RUC. My guess is that the long term cost of it is lower than the administrative cost of RUC with all its exemptions. It can be made much fairer by only charging in places where alternatives are available and it's a better tool to address congestion and environmental concerns. #Traffic

This sounds like it will cause huge administration overhead.

The charge is per mile. Not all miles traveled cause the same cost to society though. A 2.5 ton F150 causes more damage to the road than a 1.8 ton Leaf or a 1.5 ton Soul. Not to speak of a 4.5 ton EV Hummer.

An #RUC will do nothing to alleviate congestion. The price is too low to get people to use public transport instead in places where it is possible and will still make people pay who have no other choice.

#Washington is planning a #RoadUsageCharge (#RUC). The main driver for this seems to be that WA is mostly funding its road maintenance from the gas tax and that is projected to fall significantly, ostensibly due to EVs ("from $1.3 billion in 2026 to under $1 billion in 2035" - https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2023/10/11/washingtons-long-road-to-replacing-the-gas-tax/). I understand that the migration to EVs causes revenue loss that needs to be addressed but I'm very skeptical that an RUC can be implemented in a reasonable way.

"The battle of the Bogside was an important catalyst for change, triggering a determined British government intervention that ended the unionist monopoly on power. But it also marked the beginning of 30 years of violent conflict that would claim the lives of more than 3,600 people and bring untold suffering."

Niall Ó Dochartaigh: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/why-remember-battle-bogside-troubles-importance/ @histodons

"Teenage Kicks" was created in the same city in 1978. Listen to a later gig: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=PinCg7IGqHg

#punkRock #TheUnderTones #UnderTones #Derry #FreeDerry #Bogside #RUC #BritishArmy #Unionists #Nationalists #Republicans #counterInsurgency #Ulster #TheTroubles #NorthernIreland #UK #Ireland #British #colonies #IrishHistory #history #nowPlaying

This is the sort of negligent #journalism that hinders #ClimateAction. Not only does Niles Bijoux ask the wrong question, the answer he does provide is incorrect and based on lazy assumptions (see 🧵 ).

Tl;dr: In #NZ, a #Tesla Model Y #EV is cheaper to run than a hybrid Toyota RAV4, even when factoring in Road User Charges (#RUC), but more importantly (and omitted completely) produces an eighth of the #GHGemissions.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/350149241/ev-versus-ute-which-one-cheaper-your-wallet-after-ruc-changes

🧵 1/5

Currently the contribution to the National Land Transport Fund (for road construction and repair) from petrol tax is $0.70024/l
The proposed Road User Charge for light electric vehicles is $76/1000km.
A petrol-powered vehicle owner would be paying $76/1000km with a vehicle with fuel use of 10.85l/100km. In other words, with a fuel-hogging GHG-spewing 10l/100km vehicle they will be paying _less_ for maintenance of roads than any light electric vehicle owner.

#RUC #FossilFuel

Teach-in at RUC: Un/learning the idioms of violence, politics and religion, by Palestine Solidarity Network at RUC.

RSNP hereby invite you to a teach-in at Roskilde University(Denmark) with Professor Joshua Sabih on 11 January. This is not an opportunity you want to miss!

Join the teach-in physically in RUC or online through Zoom.

Event: https://dukop.dk/5994/

#Palæstina #dkPol #Palestine #PalestineSolidarity #DukOp #roskildeuniversity #RUC #RoskildeUniversitet