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martinmunkon Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017)

I like cars and make quite a decent salary, and I still drive a 17 year old Peugeot with 330k miles simply because I am not willing to pay the tax on the kind of car I actually want.

martinmunkon Soon, Cars in Denmark Will Only Be Taxed at 100% (2017)

Had to check up on Wikipedia. It was set to 180% in 1977, with no real reason. I'm pretty sure it was meant as temporary.

But yeah the fact that we have no real lobby apart from dealers and the car owners association. That and the fact that quite a lot of people hate cars. Being from the rural parts of Denmark where cars are a nessesity and moving to the second biggest city in the contry was quite a shock to me.

The 180% tax is not that big a mystery to me any more. I don't talk taxes with many of my old dorm friends as they simply can't see the need to lower it. But that is easy to say when they live within biking distance of everything they need.

I still see them. At least when they need a car for moving.

martinmunkon The real battle for net neutrality begins: The people v. FCC

Denmark have reasonable competition. Exactly for the reason you assumed. A small ISP just rents the cabel.

martinmunkon Mobilizing an ER department to handle a mass casualty incident

At least here in Denmark, "Golden Hour" is no longer thought as a rule of thumb to the new recruits in the national emergency agency "DEMA" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Emergency_Management_Ag...)

Time is off course at a premium, but there seems to not be anything special about the 60 minute mark.