Its cold in Chile, so they're exempting biofuels from tax in a bid to help the country's poor make ends meet, according to Ecoperiodico, quoted on Biopact.
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It's cold in Chile, so they're exempting biofuels from tax
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Hopefully, Simon, you're less gullible than Biopact. They can dress this up however they wish for the Chilean newspapers and public, but they are doing this because they have decided to opt for full-fledged support of biofuel production. The special mixed commission that delivered policy recommendations in January said that if Chile is to make a go of it at all (and they expressed reservations, one of the requisites was tax breaks (another being mandatory blending).
Posted by Keith R | May 20, 2007 4:55 AM
Posted on May 20, 2007 04:55