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California Gas Price Averages Soar to All-Time Record High
https://pjmedia.com ^ | NOV 15, 2021 9:32 AM ET | BY GWENDOLYN SIMS

Posted on 11/15/2021 9:51:20 AM PST by Red Badger

On Sunday, California gas prices rose to a record-setting high average of $4.676 per gallon for regular gasoline, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). The previous record average price of $4.671 was set in October 2012.

The Golden State is America’s largest state by population and currently has the highest gas prices in the country even as the national average dropped slightly to $3.413.

One reason for the increase, AAA said, is the state’s reduced refinery production capacity due to heavy rainstorms in northern California which then trickled down the supply chain, impacting southern California similar to what happened in Louisiana during Hurricane Ida last August.

“It’s a bit of a supply crunch we have right now, there’s nothing major, until the refineries in Northern California can get back up to full production capacity,” said Jeffrey Spring, Corporate Communications Manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California.

Doug Shupe, a spokesperson for AAA, said that although Californians are used to paying more for gas, the price has been much higher lately due to higher crude oil prices and pent-up demand from the pandemic. “Typically we see prices at the pump fall off after Labor Day because people have completed their summer vacations. Kids are back in school,” Shupe said. “But this year people are still traveling. There’s still that demand for fuel to get to where people want to go.”

Gas prices have increased steadily throughout 2021 as fuel demand grows around the world, however, suppliers like OPEC have been unable — or unwilling — to produce more oil while Biden shuts down pipelines at home. U.S. oil prices have climbed over 65% this year while U.S. oil production is around 14% below the levels of 2019 and at the end of the Trump administration before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Society; Travel
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1 posted on 11/15/2021 9:51:20 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
If any State deserves it, It's Kalifornia.


2 posted on 11/15/2021 9:53:52 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Red Badger

It was far higher under Obama/Biden


3 posted on 11/15/2021 9:54:36 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: Red Badger
“It’s a bit of a supply crunch we have right now, there’s nothing major, until the refineries in Northern California can get back up to full production capacity,” said Jeffrey Spring, Corporate Communications Manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California.

Yeah, "supply crunch" only due to refineries operating below capacity. That's the ticket. After all, Jeffrey is one smart cookie.

4 posted on 11/15/2021 9:54:46 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“…in any great disaster, there's a Harvard man in the middle of it.” ~ Thomas Sowell)
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To: Red Badger

FU California Leftards.


5 posted on 11/15/2021 9:55:41 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

when I was in Tx under Obama you could only pump $75 at a transaction, not enough to fill the tank.


6 posted on 11/15/2021 9:56:35 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: Red Badger
"...due to heavy rainstorms..."

Not Biden's fault or Newsome's fault. It's the rain's fault! LOL

The news media is as fake as Milli Vanilli!


7 posted on 11/15/2021 9:56:56 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Red Badger

I’m back up to $50 fill ups on my Ford Escape. Let’s Go, Brandon!

https://www.gasbuddy.com/

$2.89/gallon near me, which IS lower than it was. $2.92 is the highest right now at Shell.


8 posted on 11/15/2021 9:57:14 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Red Badger

Hmmm...
Since much of that CA price is self-caused, not sure how to feel about this news...


9 posted on 11/15/2021 10:00:37 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Tell It Right

It never rains in So Ca, and God makes little green apples in the summertime...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8zuQH27Qjk


10 posted on 11/15/2021 10:01:22 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: Red Badger

Article blames everything except the policies of the Ahole in the oval office.


11 posted on 11/15/2021 10:03:10 AM PST by Jonny7797
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Oil is literally oozing from the ground in Ca and the fools don’t use it


12 posted on 11/15/2021 10:04:38 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Problem is most “Americans” don’t understand the bigger picture of high gas prices. I’ve heard, “I make enough to afford $10.00 gas”. “I’ll just drive less”. Other such nonsense.

$10.00 gas will have an effect on everything we buy and do. Even if you “can afford” it personally, you will not enjoy what it does to your hard earned money overall.


13 posted on 11/15/2021 10:04:59 AM PST by albie
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To: Red Badger

There are places where it is over $6 bucks per gallon


14 posted on 11/15/2021 10:06:58 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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"One reason for the increase, AAA said, is the state’s reduced refinery production capacity due to heavy rainstorms in northern California which then trickled down the supply chain,"

WHAT? Heavy rainstorms? I thought we in Cali were in the worst drought in years. I'm in So. Cal so maybe I've missed these "heavy rainstorms" up north - when did they happen? I also thought most of the refineries were in So. Cal. But then what do I know of the oil refining process?

15 posted on 11/15/2021 10:08:01 AM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: mylife

The oil in Newsom’s hair could reduce the prices a cent or two.


16 posted on 11/15/2021 10:09:47 AM PST by sanjuanbob
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To: albie

$3.19 ga in Ohio, it was $1.89 under Trump


17 posted on 11/15/2021 10:09:53 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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To: A Navy Vet
I'm in So. Cal so maybe I've missed these "heavy rainstorms" up north - when did they happen?

We had one bad rainstorm that caused some localized flooding for a day or two during the last week of October. If that was enough to cause a problem in the supply chain, then the chain is about ready to disintegrate completely...

18 posted on 11/15/2021 10:13:10 AM PST by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: sanjuanbob

Ewwww...


19 posted on 11/15/2021 10:13:26 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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every year they jerk us around, its the summer blend/the winter blend, blah blah blah.. no turkey this thanksgiving.. blah blah blah


20 posted on 11/15/2021 10:19:19 AM PST by mylife (Joe Biden is like bald tires in the rain, Alec Baldwin with a gun....)
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