Re: Gollum will explode in a rage

Doug wrote:
> On Jul 16, 7:57 pm, Adrian <toomany2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Doug <dougbol...@googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like
>> they were saying:
>>
>>> 2p? Yawn. To cover the real cost of motoring petrol would need to
>>> cost
>>> 2.50 per litre. 2p more or less won't do anything to discourage
>>> frivolous hypermobility or ameliorate the external costs imposed by
>>> selfish motorists on the rest of society. So you are quite wrong.
>>> Even if the government were to increase duty by 2p, I would still
>>> think that petrol is scandalously cheap.
>>
>> Even if the government were to increase duty by £20 per litre, you
>> would still think that petrol is scandalously cheap. Mind you, since
>> you're an anarchist and therefore against the very concept of
>> "government", I don't quite know who you're planning to be in charge
>> of setting and collecting the duty on fuel.
>
>> the duty on fuel.
>
> Anarchy is not the same as chaos. Social systems of organisation don't
> cease to exist simply because there no longer is a monopoly on power.
> Under anarchy there would still be a justice system. Under anarchy,
> there would be no need for fuel duty, because without a government
> pandering to motorists, they would be forced to fully compensate
> others for the true cost they impose on them. For example, every time
> they pollute a neighbourhood with fumes and noise, the neighbourhood
> community  would be free charge a toll. The community would be able to
> set any price they wish. There would be no government to mandate that
> roads must be free at the point of usage. There would be no government
> to protect special interests of leeches.
>
Under such a system, who would build the road, the cars and impose the
charge for the pollution caused??
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