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.”
I’ll be buying my gas at State Line when I come to CA.
More BS from the left wingers to get your money in their pocket.
Why am I not surprised about this in a Kommie state like Kalifornia?
We MUST remember that it is CA.
Global warming fee?
Who’s pocket does this absurdity fill? Californians might look into this and object. Loudly.
when will you Californians realize the massive fraud being put onto you and clean house with all of these evil politicos and their grubby handed ideas…TELL THEM “NO”…throw them OUT…global warming IS the biggest fraud next to the ACA…IT is neither affordable nor does it care…wait until they get your tax return next…then your savings, then your retirement !!!!…smoke and mirrors by a con artist administration
There is no global warming. How can they do this? http://www.minnesotansforglobalwarming.com/m4gw/2012/12/02/Oops-graph-shows-no-warming-16-years.jpg
Those folks in CA pay a lot in tax/fees already. Geez!
and yer surprised why?! Cali remains bankrupt & grabbing at straws. Just go flat tax across the board & quit coddling folks; allow them to discover their way just like everyone had to.