Starting tomorrow there is going to be this carbon tax that is going to be introduced here. Basically, for every litre of fuel that is sold about an additional 2.5 cents will be added to it. The idea is to try and make people more aware of harmful greenhouse gases to encourage less usage of say a gas guzzling car.

This definitely makes owning a vehicle an even bigger expense. Maybe I am a little bias, but I personally always try to use a vehicle as less as possible and so in many ways I don’t mind this tax too much. I know one person who has decided to sell his car due to gas prices and will try to live a life around services such as public transportation.

Another idea that a lot of people do to save money if they still need to use a car is to carpool with others. We’ll just have to wait and see how this pans out.

Has the gas prices really gone that bad where regular consumers now have to worry about people stealing the gas from their cars? I was just reading an article on how gas cap locks is a very lucrative business right now and just a few minutes ago I saw a segment on the news on how gas theft is taking place at common areas such as a mall parking lot here.

It sure makes me wonder how people can easily drain a vehicle in such a busy traffic area without someone seeing something. So I suppose now many people who rely on a vehicle will be investing more money out of their monthly budget to protect themselves from gas thieves. Maybe it is more reason to try to use a car as less as possible too.