Brazil offers DC drivers Gasoline Discount to showcase Ethanol Tariff [Cancelled]

May 25, 2010 by Leave a comment


We usually try not to cover the DC politics, but we need to make an exception for one of our recent posts over the weekend on Brazil offering DC drivers Gasoline Discount.

Just hours prior to Tuesday’s Capitol Hill event, The Capitol Petroleum Group abruptly cancelled pre-approved plans by the The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) to offer DC-area residents a discount of 54-cents per gallon on gasoline purchased at two Exxon stations on Capitol Hill.

A company representative, citing unspecified “political” reasons, suddenly ended UNICA’s plans to help DC drivers keep a little extra money in their pockets for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

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Brazil offers DC drivers Gasoline Discount to showcase Ethanol Tariff

May 22, 2010 by Leave a comment



The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) will offer Washington, DC-area Washington-area drivers a discount of $0.54 per gallon off the price of gasoline at two Capitol Hill stations, “to draw attention to a hidden tax on American drivers and help make summer vacation a little more affordable”.

The hidden tax is the $0.54 tariff on the importation of ethanol into the US (which excludes nations in the Caribbean Basin Initiative).

In honor of Memorial Day, UNICA will double the discount for military personnel who can show a military ID.

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