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The environmental cost of diesel subsidy [1]

Every time petrol prices rise, people start buying diesel-powered vehicles, which add to toxic pollution in our cities

Consider this. Every time petrol prices rise, oil companies end up losing more money. How? The price differential between petrol and diesel increases further; people start buying diesel-powered vehicles so oil firms bleed more. Even worse, we all bleed because dieselisation adds to toxic pollution in our cities. This, in turn, adds to the health burden and costs.

Publication Date: 
14/11/2011
Sunita Narain [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Fuel Pricing [4], Petrol [5], Diesel [6], Vehicular Pollution [7], Subsidies [8], Power Industry [9], Nitrogen Dioxide [10], Ozone [11], Health Effects [12], CSE [13], Sunita Narain [14], Climate Change [15], Agriculture [16], Energy Policy [17], Toxins [18], Transport [19], Environment [20]

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