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Bill: Transport (Private Vehicles) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: August 2545
Description[?]:
| An act to require all new cars sold to run on environmentally friendly fuels. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning private cars.
Old value:: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Current: Private cars are allowed, but people are encouraged to travel collective and tax incentives are provided for cars using environmentally friendly fuels.
Proposed: Only cars using environmentally friendly fuels are allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 04:43:04, March 11, 2008 CET |
From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Transport (Private Vehicles) Amendment Act | | Message | Traditional fuels are damaging to the environment. It is a simple matter to require new cars to run on environmentally friendly fuels, and even relatively simple to convert existing cars to do so. We have already assented to treaties affirming out commitment to protecting the environment, and this is the next logical step. |
| Date | 02:00:26, March 12, 2008 CET |
From | Patriot Party | To | Debating the Transport (Private Vehicles) Amendment Act | | Message | Um JUP? I think you missed RP's point! The point is that this law does not need to be passed in order for research to take place. This law, if passed, will have severe economic consequences as people who live 30minutes by car will be unable to go to work and thus will be out of a job. Do you want to be responsible for the unemployment rate going up? |
| Date | 03:22:54, March 12, 2008 CET |
From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Transport (Private Vehicles) Amendment Act | | Message | That's entirely untrue. They can take public transport. They can get an environmentally friendly car, or alter their current car. They can move. They can bike. There are a number of options available to them.
Research will take place, but at a slow meandering rate. If we pass this law, there will be massive economic benefits for a company to develop cheap infrastructure. In the long term, this law will do nothing but help the environment. In the short term, there will be some disruption to people's methods of transport, but nothing that cannot be overcome. |
| Date | 14:27:51, March 13, 2008 CET |
From | Patriot Party | To | Debating the Transport (Private Vehicles) Amendment Act | | Message | "Then they can take any of the other options. Perhaps you should finish reading what came after that, rather than taking that quote essentially out of context."
Except that Biking is not an option if you have to pettle an hour to get to work. Walking is out of the question and if this bill passes, so is riding the bus and taking a cab. That's not taking out of context CH, the only other option is train but then that brings me back to my point of what if there is no train station within walking distance?
You have not though this out, it is obviou you think that everything is within distance to either walk or bike or train but that is not always the case. You want to put thousands of people out work and we will not tolerate it. |
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| Vote |
Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 153 |
| no | Total Seats: 292 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 55 |
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