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.”
Really? Because it’s colder where you’re at that means there’s “climate change?” Ask Australia how “cold” they are right now!
Climate change isn’t global warming. Liberals changed the name so get more believers. Climate change happens every single day.
GOOD OLE CALI !
So darn wrong.
Let the liberals enjoy, just keep that c**p out of texas
When are people going to accept and realize the fact Global Warming does not exist but rather stupidity does, letting the Gov. do this added Taxation whenever for whatever purpose… Grow up America… !!
It’s Agenda 21. Bush signed the agreement and Obama signed the agreement to alow the UN to enforce it. Think this won’t go in affect in every Stste and go global? Think again.
Can we criminally charge Ca for
Extortion, fraud & theft
As far as i know….it doesnt cost the state anything for global warming. How did people get so stupid??