Posted on 11/16/2021 3:39:12 PM PST by marcusmaximus
Brian Sproule squinted against the sun on Monday as he examined the price board at a Chevron station in downtown Los Angeles, where a regular gallon of gas was $6.05.
Sproule, 37, is a mobile notary who spends much of his time in his car. He said he’s used to spending about $40 to fill his tank, but by the time he capped off his Hyundai Elantra, the meter displayed a whopping $71.59.
“This is absurd,” he said, shaking his head.
Gas prices in California are soaring to record levels as the holiday season approaches, combining with supply chain problems that have left some goods in short supply and mounting inflation to create a distinctly unfestive strain on many people's wallets.
Statewide, the average price of a regular gallon reached an all-time high of $4.682 on Monday, according to the American Automobile Assn. Experts are not sure how high pump prices will go, but it's going to further squeeze consumers who hope for a more normal holiday season of road trips to family gatherings and drives to shops to purchase presents.
"It's not just the gas, it's everything," said Monica Oliva, 36, as she filled her bright orange sedan at the station.
Oliva said she and her family had been planning to visit relatives in San Francisco for the holiday — part of an annual tradition to travel during the days off — but decided to cancel after one too many mounting costs made the whole endeavor seem impossible.
"We saw all the prices increasing — it's crazy," she said. "Even the carne asada at the market is $25 to $36, so we were like, 'OK we have to change our plans to make [Thanksgiving] affordable.'"
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Well, the illegals who came here for a better life can always scamper back to Mexico.
Borenstein said the only real long-term solution is to effectively drive down the demand for oil.
Turn down your thermostat to 60 and put on a sweater.
We left that craphole decades ago. This is all part of the agenda. High gas prices, rising cost of gas cars and trucks, even used, they are ridiculous. When they offer the EV trucks and cars cheaper, the consumer will buy. It’s called a nudge.
I remember when gasoline in Cali was just over $2.25 a gallon
twenty years ago,2001. At King’s Canyon it was $2.50 that year.
If you rent one of the old Disney movies HERBIE THE LOVE BUG(1968) there is a scene, in a race in the mountains where they are filling up with gas in California. The meter says 45 cents a gallon for Ethyl.
Cleanest shop in the district, sir!
Certainly not contaminated with any paint...
Got gas this afternoon. My pump had one too.
OK; so how you going to charge it when the electricity goes off this summer?
Hey, I can’t think of everything!
“ Borenstein said the only real long-term solution is to effectively drive down the demand for oil.”
No matter how many people they have to kill to make that happen.
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To all the electric car addicts, take a look, you morons.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-much-oil-electric-vehicle/
Lousy photography and graphic but it got the message across. BTW, it’s over $5.00 in Nevada County, CA for premium.
I doubt Biden has driven in a long time. Five decades in the Senate, taxpayer trips back to Delaware - I doubt this idiot has been behind the wheel since the 70s.
What did that arrogant leftist skank at the White House say yesterday? “People are just going to have to shop smarter”.
Did you ever notice ya never see any of these elite government officials doing normal things like gassing up and shopping?
Vote democrap! Commit voter fraud in the name of demcraps! Then wonder why this happens.
“If you rent one of the old Disney movies HERBIE THE LOVE BUG(1968) there is a scene, in a race in the mountains where they are filling up with gas in California. The meter says 45 cents a gallon for Ethyl.”
But the minimum wage was 85 cents an hour.
Do the math, gas is much cheaper today than it was then.
That's all well-and-good for Ethyl, but what about the rest of us?
“The meter says 45 cents a gallon for Ethyl.
That’s all well-and-good for Ethyl, but what about the rest of us?”
“The vineyards in France are on the sides of steep hills and all the girls that pick the grapes are named Eileen.
Where there are no mean Tweets and not much of anything else.
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