The work was initiated in the winter 1992 by the Swedish Ministry of Transport and Communications. The purpose was to analyze the social cost of constrained carbon dioxide emissions from road traffic, in the form of an background report. Several measures are indicated that can contribute to decreased carbon dioxide emissions without any or at very low social costs. In other words these measures are paid for by other positive social effects. A calculation indicates that the Swedish carbon dioxide tax need to be raised from 0.25 SEK (USD 0.03) to 1.25 SEK (USD 0.16) per kg carbon dioxide to meet the national carbon dioxide objective (which is interpreted for the road traffic as holding emissions constant at 1990 year level to the year 2000). However, vehicle purchasers undervaluation of fuel costs motivates that a carbon dioxide tax is combined with an energy related sales tax to encourage the purchasers choice and the manufacturers development of vehicles with better fuel economy. These measures might need to be supplemented with ''carbon dioxide directives'' to the national traffic administrations. These measures can, all together, create conditions for an economically effective adaption to the carbon dioxide objective. (48 refs., 12 figs., 3 tabs.)
Strategi foer att begraensa vaegtrafikens koldioxidutslaepp. (Strategy for constraining carbon dioxide emissions from road traffic)
1992
53 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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