[s-cars] NAC: And you thought we had it bad?

[djdawson2 at aol.com]

Another great opportunity for governments to tax people for things they have no control over.  Gotta love it.



Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
To: S-Cars <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 8:43 am
Subject: [s-cars] NAC: And you thought we had it bad?





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he Porsche 911 emits more than 225 grams of CO2 per kilometer
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 SAMPLING OF OTHER GLOBAL CO2 MAKERS, ACCORDING TO EU SOURCES
 Boeing 747 jumbo jet: 125,000-135,000 g/km
 Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship: 900,000 g/km
 London-Paris Eurostar electric train: 1521 g/km
 World’s livestock industry: 4.5 billion-6.5 billion tons of CO2 annually
By JULIAN RENDELL 
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ince carbon dioxide has become the globalwarming bad guy, legislators 
cross Europe have been hellbent on delivering the promises of the Kyoto 
reaty of 1997. Europeans are going crazy over CO2 limits, but what does 
ll this grams-perkilometer stuff really mean? First off, here’s where 
he numbers come from: During fuel-economy testing, measurements are 
lso taken of the weight of CO2 pumping out of the tailpipe. It’s 
xpressed as grams of CO2 produced per kilometer driven and is directly 
roportional to fuel economy.
The European Union target is a limit of 130 grams per kilometer by 2012. 
nly cars 
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such as diesel-powered superminis (Renault Clio, Fiat Punto) and the 
oyota Prius hybrid get near that figure.
Poor fuel economy and CO2 emissions levels translate into penalties.
The United Kingdom, for instance, levies an annual tax based on CO2. No 
ax is charged for a car producing less than 100 grams per kilometer. 
wo cars currently qualify: the Honda Insight hybrid and the Smart diesel.
A car emitting more than 225 grams per kilometer—such as a Jaguar X-Type 
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2.0-liter or a Porsche 911—is charged an annual tax of £210 (about $420).
Politicians are looking at ramping up these charges, so it wouldn’t be a 
urprise if in a few years, the highest CO2 tax could top £2,000 
$4,000). Germany is looking at a similar system, and other EU countries 
robably will follow suit.
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