New Dutch government reduces subsidy on heat pumps and makes road tax for electric vehicles higher than for their fossil fuel equivalents.#heatpumps #EVs #electricvehicles #energytransition #climateaction https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/subsidie-op-warmte...
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New Dutch government reduces subsidy on heat pumps and makes road tax for electric vehicles higher than for their fossil fuel equivalents.
#heatpumps #EVs #electricvehicles #energytransition #climateaction
https://www.ad.nl/binnenland/subsidie-op-warmtepompen-drastisch-teruggeschroefd-de-onbetrouwbare-overheid-ten-top~adc8f359/ -
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I am honestly baffled to hear this. Especially the road tax reversals,
Can you please explain the logic behind these decisions so that it makes sense, to a non-dutch person? -
@thomas @Sustainable2050 Usually it's right wing populism.
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@kallekn @Sustainable2050 I work in the energy sector and I am interested in learning about the reasoning behind this.
I am sorry but just writing it off as right wing this or that is too generic to be useful knowledge for me.
Tax cuts for EV vehicles' compared to ICE vehicles has been a contributing factor to EV success here. We now have better cars and less pollution through the same type of action that NL seems to be reversing right now. I don't get it, why do you do that? -
@thomas @Sustainable2050 If there is any real reasoning behind this I'd like to hear it as well. But I suspect it's just that right wing populists usually prefer to reduce the taxes on gas and gas guzzling cars.
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