Posted on 10/06/2012 10:52:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
There's a shortage of gas in California and consumers are beginning to feel the pinch.
CBS LA:
What goes up, must come down. But in the meantime, consumers try to cope.
Southern Californians are paying the highest prices in the nation currently. And experts say that pain at the pump will last a little while longer.
One station in Calabasas is charging the highest rate in LA County - nearly $6 for a gallon.
Reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, Amanda Burden went to the station and called it a virtual ghost town.
She said cars peeled in but peeled right out when they saw the sign for $5.79 a gallon for regular. Said one customer, "I can't believe this! $5.79 a gallon? Oh my God!"
Said another, "Crap! I've never seen it so high. This is unbelievable."
It gets worse. Super costs $5.99.
Tanya Barkhordar and her family own Low-P Gas. They had to close shop Wednesday when they ran out of fuel and couldn't get another delivery from refineries.
Says Barkhordar, "They were telling us there was no gas in the last 48 hours. We couldn't get gas in on Tuesday if we wanted to."
While some stations shut down to ride out the price increases, Burkhordar said when fuel became available Thursday she took the plunge and bought up a lot of fuel at a high price.
AAA is monitoring the price increases - on average nearly 10 cents in just the past 24 hours.
California prices continue to go up, while prices in the rest of the country to head downward.
Gas may be heading downard but with the average price per gallon in the US currently at $3.804, it will be a while before consumers get real relief.
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LOL. Hey, let me aks...is Kaliforneeyah a Demonrat state?
But...but...but I remember Barry state controlled “media” saying that the cost of a gallon of gasoline wasn’t even on the voters’ “radar”. They don’t care how much it costs.
Not all of us here are democrats.
Couldn’t have happened to a more liberal, green, Global Warming Hoax-loving state. And, most of them will be voting Obama....
It just it $4.00 here today..
Isn’t this exactly what Obama wanted four years ago?
Clearly it is W’s fault as is everything else. Or are they starting to pre blame Romney already?
/johnny
The pubs should run ads with Obama saying ‘Under my plan, energy prices would necessarily skyrocket” over and over until the election.
Steady as she goes....oil companies making sure that Romney gets the California vote....steady as she goes...
What if gas is $8.00/gallon on November 6th...?
Think Kalifornia will still vote for Zero...?
This getting to be fun, courtesy of the oil companies.
I'm using my car on fewer and fewer occasions these days and inability to afford gas isn't one of the reasons.The exercise is good for me (essential,according to a couple of my doctors),I despise OPEC and the USSR,saves wear and tear on my car,keeps miles of my car (increasing its resale value) and I save a little $$$.
The Gas Price increase can only obviously be solved with more Gun Control.
I paid $3.80 this morning in Palm Beach County, and yes, as a retiree, it DOES bother me. I feel for our decent brethren in CA.
Let’s make it $10/gallon.
I doubt you would if you lived in a rural area. If was 20 miles, one way, to the grocery store you would be real busy just doing that.
Returned the rental car last night at the San Diego airport location. Nearby gas station had 87 octane at 4.89/gal.
Fire up the transport fleet and get those Volts, Leafs, and Teslas to California - NOW!!
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