This move, which the president claims is intended to stop the deforestation of the country's landscape and cut down
on the fuel consumption associated with printing, shipping, and delivering the newspapers, may actually be a calculated move to stop the opposition - rich media from reaching subscribers with news of Correa's activities.
Not exact matches
And all this while achieving
fuel consumption figures not typically
associated with such high performance: both new models return 28.5 mpg
on the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), with CO2 emissions of 231 g / km.
With the recent steep fall in oil prices and
associated declines in other energy prices, the stars are aligned for adopting a carbon tax
on consumption of fossil
fuels, Lawrence Summers, a former treasury secretary and presidential adviser, says in the Washington Post.
According to the Tailpipe Rule, CO2 emissions due to air conditioner - related loads
on automobile engines account for 3.9 % of total passenger car greenhouse gas emissions, and various technologies could reduce air conditioner - related CO2 emissions by 10 % to 30 %.51 A 30 % reduction of the 3.9 % of motor vehicle emissions
associated with air conditioner engine load would decrease
fuel consumption by only 1.1 %.