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.”
Unconstitutional taxation
Jackie Mounts — surely you are not that dense to believe the BS about the mythical carb- Ask anyone with a engineering back ground- the most often claim was a 4,000# car at 50 MPH and 100 MPG– Simple fact a gallon does not contain enough energy to do the task-
But lets move to modern times and reality– EFI electronic fuel injection- computer controlled and operated taking over a thousand measurements per sec making adjustment to maintain the perfect air fuel ratio –and you believe a carb no matter how advanced could even come close –LOL
Stealing
It couldn’t happen to a better state!
Crazy California!
Thad Daly actual it’s not a myth and why would you feel the need to resort to calling people names. There is more then 1 way to operate a motor that wouldn’t even need the amount of fuel “Your great car” uses.
I say implement a stupid tax. They will pay it.
This product is known to cause cancer in the state of California…….
Sean Moran -HHO is and was a scam– the energy needed to separate water into HHO is greater than the energy contained the H2 separated
But I do have one to sell, because you are such a nice likeable person I’ll let you buy it $37.50 +SH
Scam am is a good word for it !