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Brookings analysts recommend against repeating cash for clunkers program in future recession

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However, the cost of CO 2 reduced was comparable or lower than that achieved through less cost-effective policies such as the tax subsidy for electric vehicles, the analysis concluded. Cost per job created. Click to enlarge. Cost per ton of carbon reduced. Click to enlarge. million, or 0.7 million tons. —Gayer and Parker brief.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Pioneering companies now have designs to turn gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles into all-electrics or plug-in hybrids, depending on how they’re built and the range their drivers need. We’ll add targeted incentives to jump-start this successor to the $4,500 “Cash for Clunkers” program. We already upgrade our computers.

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Poll: 81% of Americans Oppose Gas Tax Hike To Encourage Sales of More Efficient Cars

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A new Rasmussen telephone poll found that 81% of Americans oppose an “ increase the tax on gasoline by a large amount ” as a way to encourage the purchase of more fuel-efficient cars. These sentiments remain largely unchanged from nearly two years when 86% said they opposed the idea of raising gas taxes by $0.50

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