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Old 03-20-2015, 07:53 AM   #242 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by nimblemotors View Post
But what will you pay extra in taxes in the future, when they have to tax everyone to clean up the pollution left behind by all those fossil fuel burning cars? Burning less fuel isn't just about saving the cost of filling the tank.
Instead of another tax on fossil fuels, why not lowering the taxes for pure ethanol (either E100 or the E96h we use in Brazil), biodiesel, vegetable oils and biomethane? In Brazil, the higher demand for ethanol due to the lower taxes in the ProÁlcool years had a positive effect as it leaded to and increasement in the productivity per hectare in the sugarcane plantations...
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