http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/pearse-rudd-following-howards-lead/ now with extra source Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:30:50 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/pearse-rudd-following-howards-lead/#comment-13998 RJG Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-13998 Why all the angst about the delay in including petrol in the ETS. If petrol will be $8 / litre within two or three years without the carbon netted out by offsetting reductions in excise, won't such a high price deliver huge reductions in use. Currently it costs about $100 for a tank of juice. At $8 per litre this will increase to $400. Just a tiny incentive to use less! Why all the angst about the delay in including petrol in the ETS. If petrol will be $8 / litre within two or three years without the carbon netted out by offsetting reductions in excise, won’t such a high price deliver huge reductions in use. Currently it costs about $100 for a tank of juice. At $8 per litre this will increase to $400. Just a tiny incentive to use less!

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