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To: Doc Bones who wrote (85174)	5/24/2007 3:12:15 AM
From: elmatador	of 206099

The US drivers' perception of cost of driving is only the price of gasoline. We do differently in Brazil: "Both fuel and car taxes would make consumers perceive the emission-increasing cost of extra mileage consumption recognizing the emission-reducing benefits of fuel cleanness and economy as well as car pollution abatement devices. AUTOMOBILE POLLUTION CONTROL IN BRAZIL ipea.gov.br The compact cars, equipped with weaker-than-average 1,000cc engines, enjoy significant tax breaks in Brazil because of their fuel efficiency classification. Most of the new cars going on the road are small cars and this reflects in lower fuel consumption and lower emissions. More than 70% of all cars sold are small cars. In the US, you pass the costs to the refiners to clean the fuel before distributing, thus keeping too big cars on the road. It worked until now. When oil prices skyrocket it no longer works. The US is at a disadvantage because the general consumer of cars and fuel has grown accustomed to the bigger cars and the cheap fuel. The only way to keep the status quo is to get more liquid fuel. Hence the ethanol winning proposition.

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