{"id":3945838,"date":"2024-01-09T08:19:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/?p=3945838"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:25:47","slug":"ross-are-gas-prices-really-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3945838\/ross-are-gas-prices-really-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross: Are gas prices really the problem?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">Who is ripping you off at the pump?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">The Legislature is determined to find out why gas costs so much. There are bills to require oil companies to reveal exactly how they set gas prices, and bills to clearly display the impact of the governor\u2019s carbon fees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">But strangely, there is no mention of the one thing we drivers get free of charge \u2013 the unlimited right to dump into the air everything that emerges from our tailpipes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/shows.audiocdn.com\/s\/bonneville\/the-dave-ross-commentary\/co2\/embed\/standard-horizontal\/v2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"173\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">I didn\u2019t understand just how much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airthings.com\/what-is-carbon-dioxide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CO2<\/a> my car spews out until I heard a clip from Todd Meyers last week. He runs a conservative think tank that opposes the carbon fees, and he knows his CO2. Because his argument is that the governor should have been upfront about how much this Carbon fee was going to cost us:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">&#8220;The numbers that we came up with are the same that the same as the state of California came up with and was the same as the governor&#8217;s report in 2014 numbers,&#8221; Meyers said. &#8220;It&#8217;s math. Every gallon of gas produces 19.6 pounds of CO2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">You heard that, right? Each gallon of gasoline produces 19.6 POUNDS of CO2. About TRIPLE the weight of the UN-burned gasoline.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Dave Ross:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3945693\/ross-no-playoffs-for-the-seattle-seahawks-but-so-what\/\">No playoffs for the Seattle Seahawks, but so what?!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">So in my case, I get about 42 miles a gallon, my round trip commute is 22 miles, so each DAY my car ALONE generates about 10 pounds of carbon and over my four-day work week, I generate 40 pounds. Over one month 160 pounds. And that\u2019s just MY commute. Which is very short, in a high-mileage car, and only 4 days a week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">I get to throw it all away for free \u2013 even though that\u2019s more than my kitchen trash \u2013 which I am charged for!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 11.0pt;\">But Dave, you say \u2013 it\u2019s different. C02 is invisible. Yes \u2013 invisible, but not insubstantial. C02 is what dry ice is made of \u2013 typically sold in 10 lb. slabs two inches thick and ten inches square. My CO2 trash would create a 32-inch stack of that stuff. Just tossed out of my car each month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ross:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/mynorthwest.com\/3554042\/ross-can-you-downsize-standing-next-to-shelves-full-of-memories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can you downsize standing next to shelves full of memories?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is a natural substance, but so is my yard waste, so is sewage, so is dog poop. None of which you can just fling into the street for free.<\/p>\n<p>The governor keeps trying to explain away the carbon fees. What he should say instead is that of COURSE it makes your gas cost more \u2013 that\u2019s the point: To discourage people from using so much, and \u2013 because in a free market economy, there should be no free lunch. Especially when it comes to trash.<\/p>\n<p>On the bright side \u2013 I did some checking. Dry ice is worth about $4 a pound. So if each month I could just freeze my 160 pounds of surplus CO2, it\u2019d be worth $640 as dry ice. And then I wouldn\u2019t care WHAT gas cost!<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to Seattle\u2019s Morning News with Dave Ross and Colleen O\u2019Brien weekday mornings from 5 \u2013 9 a.m. on KIRO Newsradio, 97.3 FM. 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