[fleur-de-lis]

I think you are barking up the wrong tree. For example:

Price breakdown of gas (APPROXIMATE):

$1.90 per gallon in Sacramento CA
-$.83 per gallon cost of crude oil ($35 per 42 gallons)
-$.55 per gallon all taxes
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$.52 per gallon left to cover transport to refinery, refining, transport to storage, transport to gas station, AND profit for refiner, distributor, and retailer.

The real cost is in the price of crude oil and taxes which the oil companies have little control over. Compare this to the price of milk which is a local product! Also, in 1970, gas was 37 cent a gallon. Factor that up with inflation and gas is the same cost as it was in 1970.

The REAL problem is that now new refineries have been built in California since 1968. Also, our California only formula makes it impossible for other states to help when a refinery goes down. This is typical across the nation.

If you really want to get help, then contact you local political leaders to get them to support more capacity and tell the environmentalists to stop delaying energy producing initiatives.

[Charles Henrickson]

$1.90 per gallon in Sacramento CA

I know. Here's Kerry in Sacramento this evening. So expensive he had to ride a bike!