Tax vehicles based on their fuel efficiency

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   Matt Leake on May 8, 2023 at 10:17 pm

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   Idea: Tax vehicles based on their fuel efficiency

   Link: https://airqualitynews.com/cars-freight-tr...

   Airlines should also start paying taxes, given how much carbon they emit into the atmosphere.

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   Mr N on May 8, 2023 at 8:21 pm

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   Idea: Tax vehicles based on their fuel efficiency

   Link: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/africa...

   I love this idea of a traffic congestion tax! It can reduce pollution and the amount of traffic on the road.

   Carbon tax: Kenya to charge motorists ‘traffic jam fee’ to curb emissions

   Link: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/n

   Under the plan, the government seeks to introduce a fee on automobiles driven in zones marked as heavy traffic areas

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   RudeJude on May 8, 2023 at 7:52 pm

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   Idea: Tax vehicles based on their fuel efficiency

   Link: https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/amer...

   The U.S. has a gas guzzler tax. However, given how many fuel-inefficient vehicles the country has, it seems effective!

   Breakingviews - America isn’t quitting gas guzzlers yet

   Link: https://www.reuters.com/breaking

   The home of SUVs will be ruled by fossil fuels for a while. Indeed, GM and Ford might be counting on it if a look at last year’s annual profits are any indication, Jonathan Guilford writes.

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   CC on May 8, 2023 at 6:42 pm

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   Idea: Tax vehicles based on their fuel efficiency

   Link: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021...

   Gas guzzlers are a menace that needs to be contained if we are to have any hope of saving the planet!
   https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-01/editorial-to-save-the-planet-from-climate-change-gas-guzzlers-have-to-die

   Editorial: To save the planet from climate change, gas guzzlers have to die

   Link: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/

   World governments and markets must move quickly to replace fleets of climate-warming motor vehicles with zero-emission models. It will not be easy.

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