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Five to 10 cents a gallon: A small price to pay for meaningful reduction in pollution
Not so long ago, I was able to pay $2 per gallon at a Shell station when using the discount rewards from shopping at Stop & Shop. Now, only a few months later, the market price of gas is $2.90 at the pump. Whether the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) adds five or ten cents to the cost of a gallon of gas, the cost is miniscule compared to the deleterious effects of our state’s continued gas guzzling habit.
Let’s face it. Market prices for gasoline nowhere near reflect the true cost that emissions from fossil fuels from transportation (the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Connecticut) are imposing in terms of public health or climate change.