Gas jumped 23 cents per gallon today (Clovis: luxury, sales tax, rating)

[Senno]

Sounds like the Canadian version of the EPA fell down on the job.

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by shooting4life

Here is a picture of the Prius factory in Canada


Normally Canada is covered in trees, you can see that is not the case in this picture. The acid rain, from creating the batteries, has killed everything. NASA uses the area to test moon rovers

Is that for real???? Wow! That's terrible!

[Senno]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

Is that for real???? Wow! That's terrible!

Kinda. The paper he got the info from second hand printed a retraction:

Emissions are down at the plant by 90%. And just looking at the photo he provided I don't see any dead trees. Just a rocky tundra not unlike southern Idaho. Where's the dead trees?

It has come to our attention that a story originally published in the Mail on Sunday has apparently been misinterpreted by some of our readers.
In order to prevent further misinterpretation, we have removed the article from our website. The following letter was published in the Mail on Sunday on May 13, 2007:
Your article about the Inco nickel factory at Sudbury, Canada, wrongly implied that poisonous fumes from the factory had left the area looking like a lunar landscape because so many plants and trees had died. You also sought to blame Toyota because the nickel is used, among countless other purposes, for making the Prius hybrid car batteries.
In fact any damage occurred more than thirty years ago, long before the Prius was made. Since then, Inco has reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by more than 90 per cent and has helped to plant more than 11 million trees.
The company has won praise from the Ontario Ministry of Environment and environmental groups. Sudbury has won several conservation awards and is a centre for eco-tourism.

Toyota factory | Mail Online

I believe this is his source:

Toyota Factory turns landscape to arid wasteland - GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars

I am back on the Drive More Prius! bandwagon.

[Pretzelogik]

Originally Posted by Mr5150

At the Chevron Station by work. What is the excuse this time? The expected travel surge for Groundhog day? The Superbowl? It's Friday?

I would vote for Gov. Moonbeam and your fine state legislators.

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by Senno

Kinda. The paper he got the info from second hand printed a retraction:

Emissions are down at the plant by 90%. And just looking at the photo he provided I don't see any dead trees. Just a rocky tundra not unlike southern Idaho. Where's the dead trees?




Toyota factory | Mail Online

I believe this is his source:

Toyota Factory turns landscape to arid wasteland - GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars

I am back on the Drive More Prius! bandwagon.

Thank you for clearing that up. That would be pretty scary, were it true. I think scare-tactics works for the Internet. People all over the country, unable to actually see something for itself, must take the word of articles such as that for their information. Makes me wonder what other conspiracies are being passed off.

On another note, if State Legislator Noreen Evans (D), has her way, oil companies will see a tax imposed on extraction here in California. Bless her little heart, she is thinking it will increase revenue for colleges and universities and help shore up the state's beleaguered parks system.

Noreen Evans calls for tax on oil for education, parks | PressDemocrat.com

It wasn't so long ago $54 Million in hidden assets were found in the Parks Department. It ended up costing Ruth Coleman (Director) her job. And what's to become of that 54 million dollars?

Hidden California state parks funds spark outrage - State Parks funding - The Sacramento Bee

Evans tried this once before with a legislation for the same tax back in 2009 but it failed to pass. Voters also turned down Proposition 87 in 2006 that would have done the same thing. Maybe she thinks she has a chance now. And she just might. With a greater number of democrats running the state and a new wave of voters who overwhelmingly approved Proposition 30 (again supposedly the tax to help the schools), there's a better chance this time around.

What I find mind boggling about this however, is Prop 30 was the sales tax increase to help fund the schools in the state but just last night, Sacramento City School District approved closing seven schools at the end of school year. What happened? No state funding for them????

And who does Ms. Evans think is going to end up paying for the tax on oil extraction in the state. The oil companies? Heck no. That will be passed down to us, the ones buying the gas. Does she really think she's doing California residents a favor?

After vote to close 7 Sacramento schools, parents ask: 'Now what?' - Education - The Sacramento Bee

So what now? More taxes?

[Senno]

Gas price at Costco is $3.93 today.

[Leonard64]

Originally Posted by Senno

Gas price at Costco is $3.93 today.

Drat all the way up to: $3.549

Of course I get $0.15 off per gallon with my Grocery card.

[Senno]

Originally Posted by Leonard64

Drat all the way up to: $3.549

Of course I get $0.15 off per gallon with my Grocery card.

Costco is generally cheaper than say Chevron, Shell or 76 which are close by as well. Benefits of membership.

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by Senno

Costco is generally cheaper than say Chevron, Shell or 76 which are close by as well. Benefits of membership.

So much for the so called "free" market.

What ever happened to level playing fields?

[chuckmann]

Originally Posted by Senno

Kinda. The paper he got the info from second hand printed a retraction:

Emissions are down at the plant by 90%. And just looking at the photo he provided I don't see any dead trees. Just a rocky tundra not unlike southern Idaho. Where's the dead trees?




Toyota factory | Mail Online

I believe this is his source:

Toyota Factory turns landscape to arid wasteland - GreenHybrid - Hybrid Cars

I am back on the Drive More Prius! bandwagon.

Here in Calif we pay a sales tax on gasoline.

OF COURSE the state government wants higher prices!!!!!