The Extra Mile: Rethinking Energy Policy for Automotive Transportation

by Robert W. Crandall and Pietro S. Nivola

Book Overview

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In the United States, proposals for gasoline tax hikes have consistently met with broad-based congressional opposition. Although such taxes are a common and effective method of conserving energy in other industrialized nations, U.S. policy has traditionally relied on regulatory programs rather than fuel taxes to promote energy efficiency in automotive transportation. This book examines both the political causes and the economic effects of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815760914
• ISBN13: 9780815760917
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"