As reported by “Rzeczpospolita”, coal will be more expensive by up to half, and diesel by over 50 groszy per liter. This will be the effect of the government’s introduction of a new tax resulting from the EU directive on the greenhouse gas emissions trading system. Its adoption is to take place by the end of 2024.
The provisions of the EU ETS2 directive indicate that member states, including Poland, will have two solutions to choose from. The first is to include natural gas suppliers, coal depots, and fuel station owners in the emissions certificate trading system, which already includes CHP plants and factories (which is why around 60% of the electricity and heat price we pay is the fee for so-called emissions trading).
If, however, the Polish government wanted to use the second path proposed by the European Commission, it would have to introduce a tax on natural gas, fuels and coal, which would bring in similar revenues to the currently operating certificate trade. In short – so bad, so bad.
“Rzeczpospolita” published calculations prepared by the Parulski i Wspólnicy law firm, which show that if the currently applicable maximum limit (EUR 45 per tonne of emitted carbon dioxide) were adopted, the price of diesel oil would automatically increase by PLN 0.53 per litre, coal by PLN 580 per tonne, i.e. by 50 percent, and natural gas by PLN 400 per tonne.
The effect of the new tax, which would be introduced from 2027, would be additional budget revenues of around PLN 25 billion. Revenues coming from the pockets of each of us, officially serving the “fight for cleaner air”, but we all know perfectly well that this is not about clean air. The climate revolution is entering the next stage. Its effect will be the increasing impoverishment of European society. This is another price we will probably have to pay for the pseudo-ecological madness of EU lunatics and the consent of the Polish government to them.
Source: rp.pl