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Tue 09 Sep 2009Carbon tax will push up gas and petrol prices
DOMESTIC FUELS:THE INTRODUCTION of a carbon tax will result in increases in prices of petrol, diesel, coal, gas and other forms of domestic fuel like peat briquettes, the commission has said.
The carbon tax was specifically mentioned in the commission’s terms of reference and it has decided that it should apply to fossil fuels consumed in Ireland, based on the proportion of carbon in each.
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