It states: “In California, hydraulic fracturing has been used as a production stimulation method for more than 30 years with no reported damage to the environment.”

At that price, you’re talking about $6/gal for the winter blend gasoline and $8/gal for the summer blend. Of course uncle “Scam” will want a piece of the action so tack on another dime or two to the overall price.

Here’s the likely result over time, as I see it, for people who can afford to leave: a mass exodus from the state of California as those higher fuel prices spreads throughout every part of California’s economy and gets passed on to the consumer. People will drastically reduce their spending as a result which will send California into a serious and prolonged recession. That portends certain economic disaster for the state of California.

The state government will have little choice but to continue raising taxes to make up for the lost tax revenue as more and more businesses exit California for a friendlier tax environment and taking their jobs along with them. This will also further decimate an already shrinking middle class causing the state’s unemployment rate to soar to heights probably not seen since the last great depression. And as a result, those without the means to leave the state will very likely end up on the welfare rolls and thus further exacerbating the state’s already woeful financial situation.

Bottom line: slapping a $3 dollar tax on any new sources of fuel will only result in a death sentence for California.