Cutting Consumption

One way to reduce consumption is to make it more expensive. Here's a picture that shows that the world's governments are taking that to heart with gasoline taxes:

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It is interesting that Canada is one of two countries that have decreased taxes on gasoline. (But not here in BC where the provincial government has added a carbon tax which is currently 3.52 cents/litre and headed toward 7.02 cent/litre by 2012, see here.)