Govt plans tax on polluting construction sites to tackle dust particles crisis

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Govt plans tax on polluting construction sites to tackle dust particles crisis

By The Nation

 

 

Construction sites that produce too much dust will now face a tax as the government tries to tackle the dust particles crisis, the Minister of Finance Uttama Savanayana said.

 

Patchara Anuntasilpa, director-general of the Excise Department, said that the department is working on this matter, especially a carbon tax that the government can charge from owners of motorcycles. The aim is to encourage entrepreneurs to invest more in electric vehicles.

 

Moreover, the diesel excise tax structure is going to be reformed by expanding the range of diesel types from two to six. The measure will be a long-term solution, he said.

 

Regarding the manufacture of electric vehicles, the government is planning to make a model scheme for it to enhance investment within three years so that the private sector can see a clear picture of the future plan and move forward with the public.

 

The Excise Department will soon propose to the Minister of Finance an act for an electric vehicles fund to manage battery waste disposal.

 

Under the new act, owners of electric vehicles have to pay a deposit for battery disposal at Bt1,000 per unit to help the fund and they will get all the money back after returning batteries for disposal to car companies.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30380945

 

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[monkfish]

What about those old diesel black smoke belching Bangkok buses like the one in the picture above will they be replaced with electric ones?

[dcnx]

I’m absolutely certain this will be enforced. 

[unamazedloso]

OMG!! Put all the farmers in prison first!

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

How about a tax on the owners of burning agricultural fields????

[CNXexpat]

Set the import tax for electric cars to zero and you´ll get more of them. But because no electric cars are produced in Thailand and the import tax for them is around 200% nobody buy them.

[BobbyL]

Construction sites that produce too much dust will now face a tax as the government tries to tackle the dust particles crisis

 

How will this be enforced? Will they have people checking these sights regularly for their AQI? What happens if an important developer is producing too much PM2.5 and the, ''Do you know who I am?'' Thai syndrome takes effect? 

[dallen52]

Its called Asset Protection. 

Australia has a requirement that a permit is obtained before any work. 

Environmental, access points, roads, pavements, air and noise pollution. 

All have to be conformed to and damage made good before sign off on the final works...

[monkfish]

Aha lol dust tax what next?

[thequietman]

1 minute ago, monkfish said:

Aha lol dust tax what next?

W a n k tax. That should get large handfuls of money in. Think of all that lovely money running through the government's fingers. ????

[GalaxyMan]

52 minutes ago, dcnx said:

I’m absolutely certain this will be enforced. 

I'm even more certain that it will totally fix the problem. What genius!!! ????

[DrTuner]

Construction sites. What excuse next, a flipflop tax for pedestrians?

 

Of course the sugar industry and the farmers murdering SEA are untouchable.

Edited January 23, 2020 by DrTuner

[spinner2020]

ALL construction sites pollute. Cement/concrete is the world's third worst polluting industry even before you take account of cr@ppy working practices in places like LoS.

And electric vehicles are only as clean as the generation of the electricity to run them, which seems to have been conveniently forgotten almost eveywhere in the headless-chicken race to make Elon Musk richer.

[Chazar]

They need a tax  on stupidity, that would generate  trillions

[DrTuner]

5 minutes ago, spinner2020 said:

And electric vehicles are only as clean as the generation of the electricity to run them, which seems to have been conveniently forgotten almost eveywhere in the headless-chicken race to make Elon Musk richer.

What has conveniently been forgotten is the development of Gen IV nuclear reactors, because the greenies start farting blood by even the thought of it. "Greens" are the worst enemy of earth. The new reactors would solve the energy problems easily. Luckily at least Bill Gates is on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower

[spinner2020]

2 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

What has conveniently been forgotten is the development of Gen IV nuclear reactors, because the greenies start farting blood by even the thought of it. "Greens" are the worst enemy of earth. The new reactors would solve the energy problems easily. Luckily at least Bill Gates is on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraPower

Yes, varying views on nuclear because when it goes wrong it goes very wrong. France depends on it, next door Germany is backing away. But if Bill Gates is anywhere near it, I'm against it. Try switching a nuclear power plant off and on again...

Anyway, hydrogen is a more easily sustainable power of the future, 'cept there's not enough profit margin in something that occurs naturally.

[DrTuner]

5 minutes ago, spinner2020 said:

But if Bill Gates is anywhere near it, I'm against it.

Thanks for proving my point.

[jmacken306]

2 hours ago, monkfish said:

What about those old diesel black smoke belching Bangkok buses like the one in the picture above will they be replaced with electric ones?

You would be surprised that those diesel do less than a normal car, otherwise they wouldn't be on the roads across the world!!!!!! One thing here in Thailand is the Freaking garbage dumps, their smoke stack are maybe 5 stories high and the wind just blows it down or across any apartment building near by. The stack should be higher n they could as scrubbers like they have else where in the USA.

Edited January 23, 2020 by jmacken306
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[Destiny1990]

Seems the carte blanche for the sugar cane farmer continues !

[DPKANKAN]

2 hours ago, monkfish said:

What about those old diesel black smoke belching Bangkok buses like the one in the picture above will they be replaced with electric ones?

It is ridiculous. All these construction projects they are sponsoring and normal construction, it is virtually impossible to cut out any real amounts of dust. But exhaust fumes, plastic waste and rubbish burning, factory and coal emissions and sugar cane burning can be!!

[transam]

I can just image, a thousand Dyson vacuum cleaners lined up at vulnerable locations, well the line of boats reving their nuts off worked to increase river water flow .......

[Jimbo2014]

Yet another do nothing, all in the future, ineffective statement to bluff the sick, unhealthy and poorly informed masses into believing this government actually cares.

[ChipButty]

Go round at night on some building sites and stop them having fires burning all their <deleted>

[30la]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Construction sites that produce too much dust will now face a tax as the government tries to tackle the dust particles crisis, the Minister of Finance Uttama Savanayana said.

Clearly, who can be talking about taxes? The biggest one, the finance minister, while you're at it, charge salty taxes to all the factories that produce significant quantities of smoke that is harmful to health! It would make much more sense!

[30la]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Govt plans tax on polluting construction sites to tackle dust particles crisis

What plan do you have for all the old buses, trucks and other cars that are pounding the air?
Have you seen the new American sport before? Modify the big diesel engines so that they make a thick and continuous black smoke, well in Thailand there are many disciples of this <deleted>!

[legend49]

58 minutes ago, Jimbo2014 said:

Yet another do nothing, all in the future, ineffective statement to bluff the sick, unhealthy and poorly informed masses into believing this government actually cares.

Send in the clowns.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Govt plans tax on polluting construction sites to tackle dust particles crisis

More revenue with little result against pollution waste of time.

Just stop all work at the construction site until things are as they should be.... that'll get some attention.

 

Edited January 23, 2020 by hotchilli

[hlj]

Tax on construction funny I see now very few in office has common sense there are plenty of more serious things to tackle for instance factories, cars and trucks forest fires, burning garbage and so on, sites for 

[Redline]

Curious what size is the particles are coming construction sites.  If it’s concrete, rock dust, or dried soil, it seems that it would not be as dangerous as burning as the particles would be larger.  I’m guessing it’s also a small percentage in comparison to everything else

 

[essox essox]

What about E I A??have these sites been approved??