sidneybear

Says it all really.

What science would that be then? The science you read about in the popular press?

Lots of scientists cast doubt on the climate change hoax, or is your definition of a "serious" scientist only one who follows the media accepted view? That's the problem with scientific method these days: it's become politicised. Many great scientific advances originated from dissenting views.

You conceded that 20k kms is leisure use, some of which is done on an electric motorbike, which it is.

The term "conspiracy theory" was actually coined by the CIA in the 1950's. These days it's been hijacked by lefties who want to control and shout down alternative opinions, rather than debate them sensibly.

The kinds of change being pushed onto the populations of the world (generally by rich folk who fly around in private jets) are malevolent, and are driving hard working people into poverty. Climate change is an industry, with a powerful marketing and lobbying department. The political left love Net Zero because it's the nearest thing to a communist utopia they'll see: immobile and poverty stricken masses doing what they're told at last. I'm glad to see that people are finally pushing back on all this nonsense.

Your post is typical of someone who believes everything he sees on the telly.

Ah. Missed that bit. Thanks. Anyway, it looks like you're enjoying your hobby and best of luck to you. For serious driving though, home solar is too puny as we've agreed.

Correct. All this climate change alarmism is just a hoax to disguise the promotion of an industry that makes silly windmills and things like that. Thailand is just having a hot summer.

Got it, thanks. Home solar charging an electric motorbike gets you 2500 km per year. Very nice, but I was thinking four wheels, and how home solar might be insufficient for more than just local leisure driving. What kind of EV car do you drive?

Apologies, I thought you mentioned travel insurance in an earlier post, and that it (along with other things) would be impossible to implement. Anyway, the rest of my post still applies.

20k kms per year isn't much driving, more like leisure use, which reinforces my point. How big are your solar panels if they can deliver 7 kW, and how much did your entire setup cost, including your EV?

Well MartinIdiotBangkok, Thai tourist areas just aren't pleasant because they're packed out. Prior to Covid, there were nearly 40 million of them. If 300 Baht weeds out some of them and pays for some upkeep, that's a good thing.

A&B) It's a levy charged for a government service, so of course it's a tax. You mentioned earlier that people who already have travel insurance should be exempt, but taxes don't work like that. For example, in the west, people with no kids to educate don't get income tax offsets, and pay the same amount (or more) of income tax as those who send 10 kids to public schools. Hardly a new thing to charge a levy even though some people won't benefit from it. C) I get your point on airlines, but collecting money from people arriving isn't a new concept. Many countries with visa on arrivals do it. Thanks to modern technology, other cash currencies, payment cards in any currency, tap snd pay, etc, could be used. Where there's a will, there's a way.

How many kms do you drive each EV per week then?

Accept it in multiple currencies. Accept cards. Lots of ways to collect 300 Baht. Not rocket science, really.

The question here is about EVs. Do the math on how many kWh an EV consumes, then come back to me on how feasible it is to use solar only to charge one.

Is anyone missing Prayuth yet?

Britain is packed out with immigrants anyway. A few Thais won't make any difference.

Who needs even more tourists?

Swampy is miles of corridors with a smallish strip of shops. No chance.

Indeed he was. Thaksin's clique has a long history of charging foreigners and all things foreign.

Nah. Thailand IT sector has some pretty smart people.

Tourists who find 300 Baht a hindrance aren't worth having anyway.

Just add it to the price of the air ticket and collect it from the airline, like they did with departure tax years back. Nobody would even notice it then.