Gas in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area has already shot up to over $4 a gallon and is expected to top $5 by the summer or maybe even earlier. As gas here in the US creeps closer to what Europe has already been paying for years, will we see a bigger shift toward diesel and smaller cars? Will a summer hurricane put pressure on the oil mkt, causing 6 dollar gas to be the norm?
What options do you have to avoid the “commuter tax”?
Here’s a couple, but they both come with their own steep price tags.
![Nissan-Leaf-EV Nissan-Leaf-EV](http://siliconcali.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Nissan-Leaf-EV-300x159.jpg)
![Tesla-Model-S-EV Tesla-Model-S-EV](http://siliconcali.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Tesla-Model-S-EV-300x199.jpg)