1 gallon of liquid = 128 ounces
1 can of Coca-Cola = 12 ounces
($0.21)*12/128 = $0.0197 = 2 cents per can
Ortiz: "I think you guys can afford 2 cents a can"
I think this SDUT author needs to learn math; our public schools don't do a good enough job.
It seems to me, that the solid emissions from a car are equally as harmfull as those from tobacco.
Thus, if a gallon of gas results in the same particulate emissions as, say, a pack of cigarettes, then they should be taxed at the same rate, for the children.
Why don't you guys sponsor a ballot amendment to tie the tax on gas to the tax on cigarettes? Whatever one must pay on a pack of cigarettes, one must also pay per gallon of gas.
The referendum would surely pass - after all, polution is polution.
Isn't it?
(/sarcasm off)
Honestly, the CA economy would implode in 15 minutes.