Not that he’s paying attention, but then again – maybe he is: In a recent article, PopularMechanics.com urged President Obama to support Clean Diesel, noting that a move to the Clean Diesel technology used in new Volkswagen TDI vehicles would save the country in both fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
Though gasoline and diesel are nearly identical in price, the federal excise tax is six cents higher for diesel than it is for gasoline. By making the taxes even, President Obama would encourage more Clean Diesel use. With the incredible efficiency* and low emissions of Clean Diesels like Volkswagen TDI vehicles, this would help cut total fuel consumption by the US passenger vehicle fleet “up to 35 percent, and slash CO2 emissions.”
We say yeah to that.
*29 city/40 mpg highway (automatic) EPA estimates. Your mileage will vary.
2 Comments
1. John Lobel | June 12, 2009 at 11:28 am
Simply dropping the diesel tax by 5 percent would be a HUGE incentive for diesel cars because diesel is already less expensive to produce.
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