Fuel Tax, Gasoline, Motoring and Obama

Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

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 fuel taxes, CO 2 prices at their projected levels are far too small to create a significant incentive to drive less.

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Proposed US Transportation Reauthorization Plan Links Greenhouse Gas Reductions to Transportation Planning

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2009

The Surface Transportation Authorization Act: Doubles the investment in highway and motor carrier safety to $12.6 The Fund is replenished by revenue collected from motor fuel taxes. Major elements of the Surface Transportation Authorization Act include: $450 billion in funding over six years. billion; Provides $337.4

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Belfer Center Study Concludes Reducing Car and Truck GHG Emissions Will Require Substantially Higher Fuel Prices; Income Tax Credits for Advanced Alt Fuel Vehicles Are Essentially Ineffective at Reducing Sector Emissions

Proposed US Transportation Reauthorization Plan Links Greenhouse Gas Reductions to Transportation Planning

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