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STUDY * Canada - Carbon taxes have little impact on environment
A Carbon tax added to drivers' and truckers' fuel bills would hardly influence consumption
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -22 May 2008: -- ... The firm is a left-leaning think tank, but even it had to conclude that there's little evidence increasing the price of already-costly fuel would alter consumers' transportation habits, rendering carbon-based taxes ineffective in cutting emissions significantly... Statistical evidence shows that demand for fossil fuels hasn't calmed as the price for fuel has skyrocketed over the last couple years... The Pembina Institute's Matthew Bramley told, that about half of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions comes from large industry, not road transportation... However, the study showed that businesses are more likely to change energy-consumption habits because decisions are made on "hard numbers" and cost increases can lead toward "cleaner energy choices."...
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