Carbon taxes will hurt the trucking industry

[Cybergal]

Carbon taxes will hurt the trucking industry
2/20/08

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The carbon taxes announced by the BC provincial government yesterday will cost the trucking industry "dearly," according to the president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association.

Paul Landry measures that cost to be about $1,000 per long-haul truck this year, about $3,000 in 2009 and $6,000 in 2012. Further, the total cost to the industry will be in the tens of millions of dollars this year, potentially rising to hundreds of millions over the next five years.

"Carbon taxes may have a role to play in encouraging the reduction of greenhouse gases in some sectors and amongst consumers, but the trucking industry has no choice but to rely on diesel fuel to keep the economy moving."

Virtually everything B.C. residents use in daily life, and the ingredients the province's businesses need to remain competitive, move by truck, adds Landry. The trucking industry is largely responsible for the transportation of food, merchandise, parts and equipment each day, and is an important part of the province's economy and individual well-being.
http://www.trucknews.com/issues/ISAr...issue=02202008

[bullhaulerswife]

Oh, good god, lets hope that Arnold doesn't read this, or Al Bore for that matter.