Minnesotans will save big bucks with "Clean Car" bill, claims report
The Environment Minnesota Research and Policy Center today (Feb. 26) issued a report on the cost savings it believes adoption of the so-called “Clean Car” legislation would reap Minnesota drivers.
The legislation, which would have the state adopting California’s emission standards, would save Minnesota motorists money in driving more fuel-efficient cars, the report claims.
Indeed, at the price of $1.74 a gallon for gas, Minnesota drivers would spend some $1.4 billion less on gas between now and 2020.
Beyond this, drivers in Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington counties starting in 2020 would annually save some $10 million at the pump driving these cleaner-burning vehicles, claims the report.
The legislation has it’s critics: ethanol producers, Minnesota Farm Bureau, state car dealers association, others.
But the “Minnesota Clean Car Act” is edging forward at the Capitol.
A Senate committee early Thursday evening passed the bill onto another Senate committee.
The legislation has advanced in the House.
