Real business incentives for reducing CO2 emissions!
Rather than subsidising agricucltural production of biofuel or rail transport, real business incentives should be given to transport operators who are willing to invest in the latest clean vehicle technology and best practices that help to reduce toxic and non-toxic emissions.
In order to be effective, real business incentives need to outweigh the cost of the necessary investments by transport operators and they need to be in place long enough to have a significant effect on reducing emissions.
Good examples of effective incentives are the Fleet Smart programme in Canada, which is a government initiative to help transport operators purchase clean and environmentally friendly vehicles and the SELA initiatives in the Netherlands, which is a tax incentive for clean and safe vehicles.
Fleet Smart Initiative
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