Re: People giving up SUV gas guzzlers - 34 % demand drop

From: Kimmo Klemola (kklemola_at_lut.fi)
Date: 06/03/04 

Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 11:08:54 +0300

That may sound like a joke but it is true.

About jet fuel taxes: Finland's size is something like Minnesota, too
small area to tax domestic jet fuels and not tax jet fuel in
international flights. In that sense USA is different. We could have
something like that in EU but not yet. Still, zero of four US cents a
gallon is not much compared to our 3.50-4 US dollars a gallon tax for
gasoline.

Kimmo

Tequila wrote:
> I also think there is the issue of aircraft adding water
> vapor (greenhouse gas) to a formerly dry level of the atmosplere.
>
> Tequila
>
> Kimmo Klemola wrote:
>
>
>>I have a Finnish aviation magazine article at home dealing in detail
>>aircraft fuel taxes. I do not know if I'm correct but I recall both
>>domestic and international jet fuel taxes are zero in Finland. This has
>>raised a question why to subsidize polluting air traffic with zero
>>taxation while cars and "greener" busses use high-tax fuels.
>>
>>This is also an international problem. CO2 emissions from air traffic
>>are remarkable and the emissions have double effect high in the
>>atmosphere compared to emissions on the ground.
>>
>>Kimmo
>>
>>Tequila wrote:
>>
>>>This is somewhat off topic, but,
>>>what is the jet fuel tax in Finland?
>>>.....
>>>in the U.S., the tax is
>>>zero for international,
>>>four cents a gallon for domestic commercial.
>>>
>>>Tequila
>>>
>>>Kimmo Klemola wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Halving our current 5.64 $ per gallon would double our SUV sales.
>>>>
>>>>Kimmo
>>>>
>>>>Sammy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Soaring oil prices.
>>>>>Demand for Hybrid cars goes up.
>>>>>
>>>>>CNA News article says that there has been a 34 % drop in
>>>>>sales for SUVs as compared to same period Aril last year.
>>>>>
>>>>>More people are giving up their SUVs and opting for Hybrid
>>>>>electric/gasoline cars that give 5 to 8 times the mileage
>>>>>of a SUV.
>>>>>
>>>>>The high price of gasoline has been the trigger for this
>>>>>shift from SUVs to hybrids and cars run on alternative fuel
>>>>>sources such as Hydrogen.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>

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