Entering on I80, two giant sculptures, one on each end of a pedestrian/bicycle bridge. The 30-ft. tall pieces were installed in October/November 2008, ....an angry statue mob waving empty protest placards.
Posted on 11/18/2014 8:53:03 PM PST by smokingfrog
Known for its liberal politics, Berkeley has racked up a long line of firsts over the years, from taxing sugary drinks to ditching Styrofoam takeout containers.
City officials are now considering another novel plan: putting stickers on gas pumps citywide to warn consumers that burning fuel contributes to global warming.
The Berkeley City Council is set to vote Tuesday to possibly move forward by early next year with the proposal, among the first of its kind in the U.S. San Francisco is drafting a similar ordinance that the city's Board of Supervisors could vote into law by next spring.
Environmental improvement efforts in Berkeley date back to 1910, when the city was the first to put police officers on bicycle patrols. In 1989, Berkeley adopted a citywide ban on Styrofoam, and about decade ago city vehicles were converted to operate on biodiesel.
Berkeley voters overwhelmingly approved the special tax on sugary drinks earlier this month, becoming the first U.S. city to pass such a measure.
Supporters of the gas-pump measure hope that simply putting the labels in front of consumers will motivate them to drive less.
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Go ahead and label the pumps. I live in Oregon. I never have to touch a pump - we have mandatory full service. And it’s cheaper than Cali’s self-service.
Hey, Bezerkekey, how about warning signs on all your islamonazis around and on the UC campus — and warning signs about the human waste on the streets, and warning signs about all the betters on the sidewalks, and —— and -— Hey, there really could be some advantages to this warning sign idea!
Entering on I80, two giant sculptures, one on each end of a pedestrian/bicycle bridge. The 30-ft. tall pieces were installed in October/November 2008, ....an angry statue mob waving empty protest placards.
We broke every cold temp. record 5 days straight by nearly 10 degrees. These idiots are still screaming global warming is causing climate change which makes cold weather.
Everyone know the Democrat super majority passed a new $1.20 a gallon gas tax?
As we are being hit with record breaking cold.
In what state?
These wacko liberals live in the land of unicorns, fairies and pixie dust. While not an exact analogy, this crap sounds similar to what Hawaii did a few years back to the price of gasoline. To stop rising gas prices, they instituted a cap on gasoline prices at the pump. Any Econ 101 student knows what happened next. Within a short while they weren’t getting any gas because suppliers couldn’t make their money. And the gas dried up. So instead of their good intentions of keeping gas prices down for the consumer, the state’s policy resulted in the unintended consequence of there being no gas at all. They dropped that program like a lead balloon, 7 months after instituting it. Wow. It took the liberals an entire 7 months to figure out this price control scheme wasn’t working out? Lame brains, just like in Berkeley.
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