The state of California state legislature is attempting to pass legislation which would provide a $500 debit card to residents of California for each vehicle registered. This is being done in an effort to help ease the high prices of fuel in California which in some areas has gone beyond $7.00 per gallon.

Politicians love handing out free ****.

I hope they grandfathered it in to cars registered yesterday or earlier.

Meanwhile, Top Tier Gas in Bubbaville is $4.199/gallon.

https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/op-ed/article241233226.html

that 20˘ is 'cause nEWSOM & his bolshevik buddys in Sacremento hate people who drive diesel vehicles and want to put an end to diesel in Kalifornia

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"I applaud your elaborate system of denial"

A higher tax on diesel fuel as compared to gasoline isn't uncommon, is it? The higher tax on diesel fuel is consistent with the federal tax regime, enacted by then-president Reagan in 1984 (still not a Bolshevik, right?), which imposes a higher tax on diesel to account for the weight of commercial vehicles and the damage caused to infrastructure by those vehicles. And many other states do the same...

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Christopher
'06 Mercedes E350 station wagon (silver/black)
'85 Mercedes 300D (black pearl/palomino)
'85 Mercedes 300SD (smoke silver/burgundy)
'79 Cadillac Sedan DeVille

'05 Toyota Camry (because always running is nice)

'85 Mercedes 300D sold back to orig. owner 8-1-06
'84 Volvo 264GL Diesel, owned 2000-2013

I thought big rigs already paid an excise tax to fund road wear.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

Large trucks on the highway probably burn around fifteen American gallons an hour. Going to increase shipping costs for certain. Of course this will get passed along.

I bought my 1st diesel car (new '79 Rabbit) in 1979.
Kalif/DMV (one of 'em) charged me a $500 "fee" because there was no state smog test for diesel vehicles in Kal. Seriously.

Where I live/buy fuel, 'SoKal', diesel has always been cheaper than gasoline. Only in the last few years has deez cost more than gas, and not all the time either.

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"I applaud your elaborate system of denial"

Gas is higher in California because of the Rocky Mts. There are no pipelines running form the west to the east.

There is a line running from Houston that ends in California that goes through Arizona. Most of the product delivered to this line is for the AZ market as well as New Mexico.

All the gasoline out there is refined out there. Mostly in south LA or Long Beach.

But the diesel thing.... California has long wanted older diesel trucks to move to another state due to how badly they pollute. So if you don't have a new truck with the latest pollution equipment on it they try to hit you with a built in 'fine'.

I'm not sure what the solution is. But gas has been higher there than Texas and Oklahoma for about fifty years.

Speaking as someone who was almost stranded in the Yukon, -52* the DEF tank froze, got the dreaded "You have 10 starts remaining" message. Nearest Sprinter service is either Anchorage or Edmonton, 1,000 miles either way.
I understand why professional drivers prefer non-computerized engines, change the oil and filters regularly and they're good for 500k miles.

Here in the un-pollution controlled portion or Oregon, the older, louder and stinkier your diesel truck is the better. Diesel is about .20c more than reg here.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

Are 100 % caused by greed and nothing else .

Face the facts if you can .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Got gas today. Diesel is actually .70c more here but reg is well under $5.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

91 at Mobil station is $5.79.

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Those who fail to read posts in a topic thread are doomed to repeat them.
George Santayana.

You drove the AlCan in winter?

I’m impressed.

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Those who fail to read posts in a topic thread are doomed to repeat them.
George Santayana.

I've driven the AlCan 15 times since 1990, 10 times in the winter.
Prefer driving it in the winter.
1) no mosquitos
2) no motorhomes ("look an eagle, moose, bear" as they slow down to walking speed)
3) no dust
4) potholes are packed with snow and bladed smooth
As long as you have good tires, battery, driving lights, and a block heater it's just a long drive.

Our Sprinter has a really good trip meter, reset it at the "Y" in Soldotna.
December 2019 - 3406 miles, 60:22 hours, 17 mpg, 57 mph average.