Not a petro expert like you thackney, but regional/anecdotal evidence is what it is...doesn’t mean we in CA necessarily trend with the Nation at large. We’re one refinery fire/shutdown/supply “hiccup” away from “exploding” fuel prices.
$2.81 a gallon is “almost” $3.00 a gallon...at least in a rounding exercise...and the price went up $0.06 per gallon between the 31st and 1st.
There are some stations selling gas for around $2.40 a gallon. But overall, CA, because it has to be “special”, has “special” CA only gas in addition to higher gas taxes.
CA is going to mitigate/eliminate the benefit of falling fuel prices by following that witch Pelousy’s lead [”Now is the time to increase gas taxes.”] of enacting the “Global Warming Solutions Act” and all of the tax increases that come with it.
Maybe not the whole state, but according to AAA, the 25 major regions are. And according to the daily updated prices at GasBuddy.com, so is the whole state.
There are some stations selling gas for around $2.40 a gallon. But overall, CA, because it has to be “special”, has “special” CA only gas in addition to higher gas taxes.
True, and all the sites reflect a higher price in CA than the national average, no one is denying that. But the trend is mostly in line with the national average in decreasing prices. The "jump" at the first of the year was only a few pennies.
We can all have our own opinions, but that won't change the actual data.
Thank you. I know what I pay for. ;)