I'm not sure I read the final bill, but 'lean burn' was part of the diesel subsidy. In true porkbarrell style, the diesels only require Tier 2 Bin 8 emissions, and are given a LARGER subsidy than their cleaner gas cousins of equivalent MPG.
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Originally Posted by Walter
I'm guessing that the version of the Energy Bill Romir is using is closer to the final version than what I used; I base this on the fact that it is harder to understand (and it is the conference committee report).
Romir: Did you find a definition of the "Vehicle Inertia Weight Class"?
It looks like there may also be a tax credit for "advanced lean burn engines" (i.e. some Honda Civics non-hybrids --Civic HX?).
--Walter
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I'm wondering about Inertia Weight Class also.
WRT to the credit for fuel saved -- compared to what ? If it is the same weight car class, that is simply a subsidy to keep people in oversized cars -- exactly the opposite of what the nation needs.
So ... it is an ~ 80 Billion tax giveaway, of which extreme optimism might allow for 0.5 Billion toward vehicle FE. The remainder is to shore up those poor energy companies. How freaking clueless and corrupt can they be ??!??
R2-E2, 2G Prius.
Highway/City/Husband/Wife MPG:
56.5, as of 12/2005, 26K miles
Jac Nasser, Ford President: "We are planning to launch a hybrid version of
this car [P2000] within this year [1998]. We will also make FCEV available in
2004."