I saw this article this morning:

U.S. gasoline prices zoom to near-record high - Aug. 24, 2003

and all I have to say is, “no, really?!” Prices for gas in the bay area have once again risen to stupid levels. I fricken paid $2.31/gallon for gas yesterday. I mean, wtf. I’m just glad that I’m not driving one of those stupid SUVs which gets < 20 miles/gallon.

Then there's this:

GOP calls Democratic plan to swap tax for car fee illegal

Funny how the governor wants to reverse the car-tax boost (after he triggered it) now, when it looks likely that he’ll be recalled.

But how ’bout this? Instead of increasing income and cigarette taxes, or for that matter the vehicle license fee, why not raise gas taxes? This way, people who drive fuel efficient cars (generally lower income and environmentally friendly people) are not hurt as much as those soccer mom always gabbing away on the cell phone driving gas guzzling SUVs. It might actually cause more people to carpool and use mass transit.

Wow, what a concept :)