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Transport fuels will be excluded from the carbon pricing mechanism. However, where applicable, an equivalent carbon price will be applied through changes in fueltaxcredits or excise. A carbon price will be applied to domestic aviation, domestic shipping, rail transport, and non-transport use of fuels.
Direct transportation (fuel) taxes generate the greatest reductions in CO 2 emission from transportation, achieving CO 2 emissions at 86% of 2005 levels by about 2025. While CO 2 prices are equivalent to fueltaxes, CO 2 prices at their projected levels are far too small to create a significant incentive to drive less.
Of the 42 different energy incentives, 25 are temporary and expire every year or two, and the credits for clean electricity alone have been adjusted 14 times since 1978. If Congress continues to extend current incentives, they will cost nearly $150 billion over 10 years. Specific proposals include: Clean electricity taxcredit.
Taxcredits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. That finding takes into account both the higher purchase price of an electric vehicle and the lower fuel costs over the vehicle’s life. Source: CBO. Click to enlarge. Indirect effects.
However, the survey also found that the public may not yet be prepared for the tradeoffs and challenges needed to make these proposals a reality, with majorities rejecting measures such as a floor on gasoline prices, congestion charges, or higher fueltaxes. Anything that increases the cost of driving is soundly rejected by the public.
Congress has moved swiftly to pass this legislation–and rightfully so. But, there is still more that can be done to incorporate low-carbon fuel alternatives into our national climate strategy. After all, taxcredits alone represent only half of what is needed to support a more robust supply of low-carbon fuels.
For that, it would take an act of Congress. On Wednesday, Senator John Barrasso, of Wyoming, with a group of 14 Republican Senators signed on as co-sponsors of the bill, introduced legislation that could effectively end the EV taxcredit. If adopted by Congress it might take effect as soon as 30 days after enactment.
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