[rightwingintelligentsia]

I understand a large percentage of the price in CA is the state gas tax.

[Angelino97]

I’m sure taxes add much to the price. But even so, gas was under $4 a few months ago.

[atomic_dog]

Here in CA we have to buy a unique (so they can’t bring it in from neighboring states) “Summer blend” that is more expensive to produce and they have to shut the refineries down to switch over to making it. They are also shutting down 2 refineries so we’re going to be down to six (I think) with no excess capacity. Also a large per centage of the gas in Southern California is brought in on tankers from the Bahamas or some such place courtesy of the Jones Act. They produce it in TX but have no US flagged tankers so they ship it to the West Indies, comingle it in storage tanks and load it on foreign flagged tankers. All in all I’m almost surprised that gas doesn’t cost more here than it does.

[SPDSHDW]

You understand wrong.

A large percentage of the price is because CA requires special CA only blends to be sold, and since they managed to run 2 refineries out of town(which together was about 22% of daily fuel refined for the state), CA imports these blends from OPEC countries and some from the east coast if I am not mistaken.

That doesn’t change the fact that between State and fed taxes, it’s about 74 cents if I recall in taxes.

Last time in like 2018, Trump ordered the EPA to revoke CA’s ability to mandate special blends, and gas was like 3.19 for a long time here. Biden reinstated it and I guess Trump’s decided to let CA embrace the newsome suck. Which politically makes sense

[dvan34]

"I understand a large percentage of the price in CA is the state gas tax."

We have governor Gruesome who continually raises taxes, formerly had 40 refineries , now has only 6, losing 2 more this month. Not only gas is high but everything else that is delivered , groceries, items at the stores, hardware. He intended to impose a tax on our mileage recently but apparently refused (?) to sign it. Apparently much easier to just continue raising gas tax and other taxes as he is doing. The joy of a one party democratic state.

[Sacajaweau]

I’d say for every state to take off their tax for a month...