CharlieTango
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CharlieTango
In California the price of gas went up to include a new cap and trade cost. Before the colapse in oil prices the prediction was an increase of up to $0.75 / gallon.
The increase was small and apparrantly offset by falling prices so no-one seemed to notice, but its there and its real.
The Oil companies now have to buy carbon credits to offset the 'carbon pollution' created by drivers using their 'dirty' fuel. Of course the consumer pays for the penalty to the oil company and the poorest drivers have experience the greatest impact.
I don't know who sells the carbon credits and gets the money or how that saves the planet.
The increase was small and apparrantly offset by falling prices so no-one seemed to notice, but its there and its real.
The Oil companies now have to buy carbon credits to offset the 'carbon pollution' created by drivers using their 'dirty' fuel. Of course the consumer pays for the penalty to the oil company and the poorest drivers have experience the greatest impact.
I don't know who sells the carbon credits and gets the money or how that saves the planet.