. . . not necessarily seeing the connection. By that logic US states with less taxes and environmental regulations (like Florida) should look like the photos you posted of LA in the 70s.
Which wasn’t the case when I was there last month. Gas was $3.29 a gallon in Orlando.
In CA the state and federal gas taxes fees are $1.29.
California Excise Tax costs 57.9 cents per gallon. This funds general maintenance for state highways, roads and safety projects. Federal Excise Tax is 18 cents. It funds freeways and mass transit projects. Nothing for environmental purposes.
The environmental regulations are independent of the gas tax. So lobbying them about that won’t lower the price of gas.
