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I assume this is the CO2 content of one gallon but not the CO2 footprint of producing the fuel and getting it into the tank.
by FrojoS 7y ago
I assume this is the CO2 content of one gallon but not the CO2 footprint of producing the fuel and getting it into the tank.
- hollerith 7y agoThe carbon tax would be applied to the fuel used by the tanker truck that moves the fuel from the refinery to the gas station, too. To estimate how much that would increase the price at the pump, I would rely on estimates of how much fuel a tanker truck can carry, how many miles per gallon the truck gets, and the average distance from refinery to gas station -- which I am too lazy to try to look up.
- FrojoS 7y agoThe energy required to extract the oil from the ground (especially in case of fracking and oil sands) and the refining into gasoline is much larger than what is needed for transporting the gasoline to the pump.