Gas tax

Could America tax gas more and fund cleantech?

Monday, October 19, 2009 / Energy / Leave a Comment

For my latest post for CleanTechies I propose a reflection further to an interesting op ed Thomas L. Friedman wrote on the New York Times on why America should tax more gasoline. As I noted earlier US drivers pay less than ten euro cents per liter of tax when their German, British, Italian, Turkish or …

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Could the US tax more gasoline ?

Sunday, August 30, 2009 / Sustainable development / 2 Comments

It is a well known fact, US gasoline tax is ridiculously low compared to many countries in the European Union and other nations. The table on the left brings data from the OECD on this. US drivers pay less than 10 euro cents per liter of tax when their German, British, Italian, French or Turkish …

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