California legislators have proposed a $10 billion bond measure known as Proposition 10 that would provide incentives for moving vehicles toward cleaner fuel. While some alternative fuel advocates are for it, others such as Plug In America say it is a corporate giveaway that subsidizes industries not in need.

The reasons to vote yeah include:

-- It moves California towards its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Using natural gas to power vehicles and generate electricity is a net carbon reduction compared to oil or coal.

-- Incentives are included for buying electric or plug-in electric vehicles. California will be the largest market for these vehicles, and increasing consumer demand will assure automakers to go ahead with production.

-- Natural gas trucks are cleaner than diesels, which need to be replaced by something.

-- Provides additional funding for clean wind and solar power.

-- Increasing the number of natural gas cars will force petroleum producers to be more competitive in pricing gasoline.

Reasons to oppose the measure include:

-- Natural gas prices for consumers have gone up by 50 percent during the past 4 years, according to the Energy Information Administration. Increasing demand from cars would only send prices higher.

-- Spending $10 billion (including interest) over 30 years is fiscally irresponsible in today's economic climate. -- Building new natural gas trucks will be more costly and less efficient than using the existing diesel trains and rail lines

-- Most of the vehicle incentives would go towards "higher mileage" vehicles that don't need the help of government funds -- The U.S. already imports approximately 20 percent of its natural gas (although mostly from friendly nations like Mexico and Canada) so it really wouldn't enable energy independence but shift the money going out of our economy to different nations

With so much bailout money being thrown around and mixed benefits at best, the measure may not pass.

Californians, how will you vote?