Kevin Rudd to tax road cyclists a CO2 tax..

Posted by Andy Steven on the 04/01/2009 08:01:05 AM

taken from a news site...

Mr Rudd is quoted as saying:

"... popular cycling websites such as hillclimbr.com have alerted us to how much CO2 a road cyclist can produce. A good cyclist can produce upto 1500 litres of CO2 an hour. I think we all agree in this day and age this is not acceptable...."

Mr Rudd continued...

"We intend to impose a 20% CO2 tax on all new bike sales..."

At hillclimbr.com we think this is absolutely ridiculous and plan to start a petition against this.

How stupid is this..

17 Responses to this post

	Westly windsor says: Andy ,If you dig deeper into the report you will find that not only will we be slugged a tax on CO2 but it will be charged at 20% of ones highest max value for the past 12 months. Also tucked in the last few paragraphs was a Carbon tax based on the the the weight of the frame and forks at 10 % of the value divided by the weight! 4/1/2009 12:05:45 PM
	Jason Daniels says: Nice one Andy. But beware, you keep making fun of KRudd and his greenhouse emission policies, and this site might end up on that "secret list" of kiddy porn and asian masseuses??? 4/1/2009 1:31:57 PM
	Robert Rau says: The issue isnt about CO2 but about hot air.... 4/1/2009 5:00:12 PM
	Michael T says: We might escape the rider tax, but I think I'll be stocking up on CO2 cartridges... 4/1/2009 5:26:38 PM
	ian mcgraw says: No problem so long as I ride my MTB then as its only roadies 4/1/2009 8:47:05 PM
	Phil Cross says: All reports point to Andy drastically increasing the Methane levels of a Virgin flight coming back from Melbourne on the weekend. I am sure the other passengers wouldn't mind a tax on that. 4/1/2009 9:35:51 PM
	AJ Spook says: If they start taxing personal Methane generation, I'd better start working harder.. 4/2/2009 7:32:29 AM