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Gasoline is cheap, compared to inflation the gas prices are going down. Some people (Americans cought) like to drive heavy cars that use a lot of gas. Instead o
by z3t4 2y ago
Gasoline is cheap, compared to inflation the gas prices are going down. Some people (Americans cought) like to drive heavy cars that use a lot of gas. Instead of taxing gas you could tax gas tools depending on how much they pollute, in order to incentive research in catalyst systems.
- xxs 2y agotools emissions are a in totally different ballpark to begin with. Heck, virtually no push behind mower would have an EFI. 2stroke chainsaws are just that - gas burners. Pretty much everything uses carburetors, at some point the tuning of the latter was 'disabled' The injection/catalyst/particulate filter, etc. would add non-trivial amounts of weight and cost. Stihl MS 500¡ has a fuel injection system[0], but it's quite pricey (~1400euro)... and sort of unique in this regard. EU has a hefty tax on the gas (both excise and VAT) - that doesn't do much to prevent the use of petrol engines (both 2 and 4 stroke) in gardening equipment (zero ethanol is just standard at the pump, though). However, the large heavy cars are not common. [0]: https://donegan.ie/product/stihl-ms500i https://donegan.ie/product/stihl-ms500i