Agree or disagree: The diesel tax should be cancelled, for three-to-six months. What do you think about the proposal?

[Andridaca]

Many goods are transported by deisel-fueled vehicles. Therefore the cost of things that are delivered by those vehicles would decrease.

I agree

I don't agree

Other (explain)

[20yearsolder]

All goods are delivered using diesel. The thing that people don't understand is when you raise the price of diesel or tax the fuck out of it. That cost just gets spread on to the consumer. Should the tax be reduced of course it should Will it happen, doubtful and if it does it will be a short period of time

[NathanDavis]

"lets earn less profit... because it costs us less to make profit"

not so many companies follow this policy lmfao...

[KrakenAttackin]

@NathanDavis. Never taken an economics course, have you slick.

[NathanDavis]

@KrakenAttackin didn't need the theory... been in business since age 16, just like the vast majority of my relatives on both sides of the family

so, I do need a few things about actual companies of DIFFERENT sizes

perhaps you sat for hours at school reading books and discussing theory but... so far I've started two businesses and sold them, and I might be close to sell a third successful small business, again

I speak from experience and not from a book I read time ago...

now, if you're willing to share your experience in success go ahead, I am all ears... I will even put aside the fact that you're just a basement ridden little boy that hates himself thinking "he hates women" maybe you are actually good for others things like business, finances and economy

so go ahead, and share your knowledge as I am really listening, no sarcasm here... lol

[purplepoppy]

I doubt the savings would be passed on to the customer. It would be better to remove it when essential items are being delivered but with the stipulation, those goods are sold at a lower price.

[Amarah0]

The only way things are going to change is if big companies have incentive to change. They had plenty of time to switch over to more economical options.

[Andridaca]

How would Walmart switch to a more "economical option" and what do "economical options" have to do with inflation?

[Amarah0]

You didn't say anything about inflation

Economical options like electric vehicles for deliveries.

[Andridaca]

You expect a huge fricking truck to deliver by electric means?
Also, I should have mentioned inflation in my question, apologies.

[Amarah0]

Many places have been using long haul electric trucks

[Andridaca]

Please do provide several examples.

[Amarah0]

Amazon plans to trial them next year. I believe FedEx and ups have already introduces some electric delivery trucks

[Andridaca]

Thank you, I now have some research to do!

[jamesgoldman]

So you have twice the number of half sized trucks once the batteries are accounted for, they'll run out lithium before they build fleets of those things

[Amarah0]

@jamesgoldman they're the same size as any other truck

[jamesgoldman]

But so full of batteries they get can carry half the cargo, same reason construction and farming stuff isn't going electric at all

[Amarah0]

@jamesgoldman maybe currently but who knows what the future holds. I think it's stupid to bash something that is clearly better for the world based off a minor detail

[jamesgoldman]

It's a pretty major factor, having colossal highways and solar farms instead of green spaces, build bricks from carbon gathered from processing CO2 to oxygenate the environment

[Amarah0]

@jamesgoldman protecting the environment doesn't happen with just one thing.

[KrakenAttackin]

@Amarah0. Electric vehicles my ass.

[Amarah0]

@KrakenAttackin I mean if that's what you enjoy.

[jamesgoldman]

This planet is finished, once the billionaires have sucked the resources out and migrated to space, they'll obliterate this worthless husk

[Andridaca]

@jamesgoldman what a comment section, damn.

[joeldalton]

How about eliminate all taxes on commercial vehicles.

[MCheetah]

Other: I don't know enough about this to know if this would be a good idea or bad idea.

[Guy13]

Works for me...

[Andridaca]

Works for all of us.

[Guy13]

👍👍

[BJP21]

We need to get off the fossil fuel addiction.