Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050). Paltsev, M. Babiker, J.M. 2012.09.001.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2022
The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel?
Teslarati
JANUARY 9, 2023
While the tax initially sounds like an attack on EV ownership, Texas EV owners actually see it as a rebalancing of the responsibility to take care of the roads they drive on. EV owners would be paying for the same benefits via this tax. It’s unclear if this European-style tax system will come to the U.S.,
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
He points out that because of high fuel taxes and the resulting high cost of gasoline in Europe, the existing fleet of passenger cars there is already more efficient than the US fleet, so implementing stringent fuel efficiency standards would be more costly for Europe. Paltsev, S., Henry Chen, YH., Karplus, V.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2013
In the United States, emissions of HFCs are expected to nearly triple by 2030, and double from current levels of 1.5% Since 1990, methane emissions in the United States have decreased by 8%. billion in FY 2014 budget); Assessing climate-change impacts in the United States; Launching a climate data initiative; and.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 14, 2010
However, most states use few of the available transportation policy tools to reduce. emissions, according to a new analysis released by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Smart Growth America (SGA). Most states do not make any effort at all to connect.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Biofuel subsidies may be warranted in specific situations like compensation for volumetric fuel taxes that discriminate against biofuels because of lower miles per gallon obtained, or if lower CO 2 emissions with ethanol due to sequestration occur while growing the crop. de Gorter and Just. Harry de Gorter and David R. Perspect.
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