What's the best policy to cut car emissions?
Grattan Institute
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The Importance of an Emission Ceiling in Australia
An emission ceiling is a demonstrated way of reducing emissions with no cost to taxpayers except for the administration of the scheme. While these are more expensive to buy at the moment, they are much cheaper to run and so consumers will end up saving money under the ceiling. 80% of light vehicles around the world are sold under a policy like an emission ceiling or a fuel efficiency standard. Here in Australia, we now have a commitment that we're going to get one, but we're in our second round of consultation, essentially on a fuel efficiencystandard and its design.
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