Newsom should fix this by declaring price controls on gasoline. That'll fix it.
Not paying attention tax
He’s just mad he’s not getting this windfall of extra money.
They will say anything
I thought they wanted to go green? One would think they would welcome high gas prices.
Eventually, the makers in California are going to have to go on strike until some of the takers put some of the heads of the ruling class on pikes.
PA still has the highest gas tax in America:
If I were in the gasoline business in California, I would be building in a considerable amount of price in order to account for risk of future state government intervention.
If there is a possibility that the State of California may come along one day soon and promulgate regulations that destroy your business or destroy the value of your production facilities or infrastructure, you have to make more profit on the short term to set aside money to deal with those eventualities.
Our overlords at the AQMD, the air quality management district, restrict us to using certain gasoline blends that no one else uses.
Being specialty blends they are higher priced. And when one of the few refineries willing to make this stuff goes offline then the price spikes even higher.
I’ve heard that the floods in the midwest disrupted the ethanol supply that goes into our gasoline. But there may be other factors.
They CAN’T be THAT stupid...
Oh yes they can! CA’s environmental wackos decree formulations that are unique to CA. Big demand and restricted supply, which of course means evil capitalism. /s
You are correct, price controls will be the answer, resulting in more restricted supply. Better prices but no gas available, except for the illegals.
“They CAN’T be THAT stupid...”
Oh yes they can!
Tax breakdown:
Federal excise tax — 18 cents
State excise tax — 42 cents
State and local sales tax — 8 cents
State underground storage tank fee — 2 cents
Additional costs for compliance under Cap & Trade, as well as the Low Carbon Fuels Standard — 28 cents
Total — 98 cents
“mystery” 28 cent tax that no one can explain brings taxes to $1.26.
The ‘cap & trade’ globull warming is 28 cents (!) a gallon.
We travel back and forth between the Bay Area and Gardnerville,NV (which is barely in Nevada). Gas prices in Gardnerville are about a dollar less than in the Bay Area today, and if I had to guess, the gasoline in that part of Nevada comes from the Bay Area refineries.
California has added quite a lot of additional tax to gasoline that other states have not.
California demands “blends” of gasoline for different seasons because environment and air quality that other states do not.
California drives gas prices up on its citizens, and if the rhetoric of the left is paid attention to, that is 100% on purpose.
So, this politician that’s pretending to be confused or concerned is both an idiot and a liar.
for those who don’t already know, Kalifornia State gas tax per gallon is $1.26.
Gasoline prices go up every year about this time. The gasoline formulation is swapped out at the refineries prior to the hot summer months.
California mandates this. It’s an attempt to get gasoline to burn more efficiently in the warmer weather, thus reducing smog levels.
Having lived in California since 1972, I’ve seen a very marked improvement in the air quality since then.
Newsom should be aware of this.
Of course it doesn’t help that California just raised it’s gas taxes across the state.
At the same time they are looking at creating toll fees for roads we have traveled freely since they were created.
And then there’s the plan to tax California cars based on the miles driven per year (per month, whatever...).
I laugh as we watch these Leftists manipulate the people of this state over and over again.
Suck it up Californian’s, you bought off on this worthless POS, to be governor.
CA’s unique fuel standards cause refineries to engender more production costs. We need one national fuel standard.
That’s why when I head to Vegas or NM, I bring extra gas tanks where it’s WAY cheaper than here in mexifornia.
It costs to run a service station. It costs more in California apparently.