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Chinese Government Raises Fuel Prices by 10% (That&
Home » Environmental, Green, Tech » Chinese Government Raises Fuel Prices by 10% (That’s Good!)
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Last updated: Friday, July 3, 2009

Those prices are in Yuans per liter, I think. Fuel Subsidies Punish Virtue The Chinese government has recently decided to raise fuel prices by about 10%, the third increase in the past few months, following a 6-7% increase on June 1st, and a 3-5% increase in March. The stated goal is to bring the price of fuel in China closer to what the

market price is. From a green point of view, this is good because subsidized fossil fuels only encourages waste, over-consumption, and the buying of vehicles that aren’t fuel efficient. It also artificially reduces the competitiveness of technologies that aren’t based on fossil fuels, slowing down their adop…

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