A $.10 fee is now being added to each gallon of gas, before sales tax, in California. It is a tax, but that isn’t what they are calling it. Instead, the fee is described as an amount paid by gas retailers when distributors load tanker trucks.
So California drivers are being forced to pay a tax on a tax. How soon will other states follow?
“The global warming fee, which is variable and could soar in the future, added about a dime this week,” Dan McSwain of UT San Diego said. “Then the state adds 2.25% of the full retail price – including those other fees and taxes – while city and county sales taxes add more (0.5% in most of San Diego County).”
Many drivers haven’t noticed the increase yet due to the plummeting gas prices, but they will eventually because the $0.10 per gallon fee is not a set price – it’s determined by California’s “cap-and-trade” market in which various industries trade their permits covering specific amounts of emissions, the total of which is capped by the state.
In other words, the “global warming” fee can go up.
“In August, California’s legislative analyst estimated that, by 2020, retail prices were likely to rise between 13 cents and 20 cents a gallon because of cap-and-trade,” McSwain added. “But the analyst, Mac Taylor, warned that increases could exceed 50 cents in some cases.”
“And an oil-industry group warned the costs could spike to 76 cents, based on state figures.”
This is intentional; the “cap-and-trade” system was designed to raise gas prices and energy costs using artificial scarcity created through the hoax of man-made “global warming.”
“Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket,” President Obamatold reporters in 2008. “Coal-powered plants, you know, natural gas, you name it, whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retrofit their operations. That will cost money.”
“They will pass that money on to consumers.”
Anybody stupid enough to live in California deserve everything they get. The idiots elected Jerry Brown, that’s proof.
Good if the Dumbasses put up with their state government, you get what you deserve
Filling Al gores bank accounts
Geez when are those tax soaked Californians going to wake up??? The majority of them are on welfare now and jobs are leaving state, not a good thing.
When are the people of California gonna stand up and say ENOUGH??
Oh Jackie Mounts, girlfriend what planet are you on? Your food, all other goods, etc., come to you and us by huge gas powered semi-trucks! You must be at least 16 to be so dumb and clueless! You pay those stupid taxes because youare clueless and vote in demo politicians who screw you every chance they get because you are uneducated and clueless! The world does not run on a little tiny electric car! It runs on trains, planes and huge gas using trucks and it will be that way for years to come!
Global warming is a great scam by the left.
Coming to Nevada soon with all the idiots from Ca. moving here!!! Liberals……Hate em!
Marie Boom-schmidt Ok first of all really with the name calling I’m merely pointing out a bigger fact in all this equation that we as a nation has had the smarts to get past the need for fossil fuels. So don’t call me dumb because government and the rich want us to stay dependent on it so they can get even richer, not to mention you don’t know how I vote I’m not clueless of uneducated. Why do you think they are working so hard to push more law’s forward to stop people living off the grid, collecting their own rain water etc. etc.
California Democrat Iiberal socialists will look for any reason to separate us from our money.