Oh, on another subject, taxes. I’ve never met a single Democrat that was opposed to more or higher taxes, unless it was on them.

There is an approaching fuel cliff in CA. CA vehicle registration in 2012 was 32,000,000 (2,662 billion miles driven) and the consumption of transportation fuels was 50,000,000 gallons a DAY, or an average of about 1.5 gallons per day per vehicle.

Vehicle registration is projected to grow 37% to 44,000,000 vehicles by 2030 and 3,138 billion miles projected to be driven (18% increase). The fuel demand is projected to decrease slightly mostly as a result of more fuel efficiencies and a slight impact by the small number of electric vehicles.

The impact to CA manufacturers of the current laws such as the Global Warming Initiative AB32 becomes acute in 2015 when compliance with the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) becomes extremely difficult. These factors may cause several manufacturers of fuels to be unable to supply compliant fuels, to export their manufactured products as they will be unable to sell their fuels in CA.

CA is a self-sufficient “island” for supplying its own transportation fuels, as few other USA facilities can manufacture the current boutique formula for CA transportation fuel, let alone fuels required to meet CA laws in 2015.

The fuel shortages and higher prices to the public and the resulting cost increases for the limited available fuel will impact the middle class the hardest as we try to maintain our lifestyle and support the CA mobile economy.