DO MOTORISTS have an inkling of what the carbon emissions tax actually means? As you will read in our back page feature this week, we demystify the myth surrounding carbon emissions, which has up to now been, well, rather murky.Using a g/km barometer to measure the carbon emissions standard of any new vehicle sold in SA, there has been a great debate raging as to where the proceeds are going. Based on EU standards, the carbon emissions rating in SA actually does not hold water in that climate, fuel quality and the like are vastly different to those of European countries. Yet, in spite of these anomalies, the government still sees fit to charge the local motorist the nominal R75 per gram tax for each gram over the 120g/km threshold.Now while this has been long gazetted, to our knowledge there is still no set plan as to how the funds from the tax are spent for the benefit of the motorist or the automotive industry. As you will read in the aforementioned article, the oil companies requ...
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