I paid that on Friday and it went down to 3.49 a gallon this morning. Lol. Hopefully it stays cheap until next Monday
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Gas prices falling nearly everywhere but California
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peteykirch
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Just paid 2.07 in Central Jersey
richardhawk
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$4.56 today in Long Beach, CA. You guys paying 2 bucks can swallow a knife, or stab me with it and end this nightmare.
All that's gonna do is put poor/lower middle class people on the streets when they can't drive to their jobs.
speculawyer
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speculawyer
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Nice conspiracy theory. Care to provide some evidence?
TheSaddestSort
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It's dropped about 30 cents in the last week where I live (east side of SF Bay Area). Current price I'm paying is around $3.05.
MultiCore
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http://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPriceMap
Do you live in or relatively close to a gulf state? If so, enjoy your cheap gas.
Still paying $2.60 here in AZ but the state forces them to use a special blend during the summer.
Do you live in or relatively close to a gulf state? If so, enjoy your cheap gas.
Still paying $2.60 here in AZ but the state forces them to use a special blend during the summer.
CA gas prices are mostly due to CA requiring a special blend just for CA.
It's the coffee equivalent of the rest of the US ordering drip coffee, but CA mandating that drip isn't good enough for its citizens, so mandating that only espresso may be sold.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States
California gas tax is 12 cents above the average gas tax. That doesn't explain the more than 1 dollar increase in gas prices compared to neighboring states.
AstroNut325
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Context is key. And we really need to prioritize three environment over cheap gas.
Also, out was one person, dating it once.
California and, to a lesser extent, the entire west coast is a separate gasoline market due to the Rocky Mountains and different gasoline blends.
Cool map, I had never seen this before...
So the obvious question is: What are the gas prices like in Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington?
StopMakingSense
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That is two stories about one quote from one man who was not in a political/administration job at the time of his quote, and never, EVER was a "legislator"
Stop lying.
Nevada around the Las Vegas area is a full dollar below Southern California, despite getting theirngas from CA refineries.
Skiptastic
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Just had this issue in Indiana today. Went from $2.30 to $2.55 in some places, $2.99 in others. All because of a goddamn refinery.
Purple Cheeto
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It was $3.59 at the place across from my apartment last night (cheapest non costco location in Mar Vista).
I'm glad I have a short commute and only have to fill my tank once a month.
It was like $3.89 last time I filled up.
I'm glad I have a short commute and only have to fill my tank once a month.
It was like $3.89 last time I filled up.
djSyndrome
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About $2.99 south of Seattle (Pierce County) if you go to Arco, but most of the majors are still over $3.
(there's a station in Puyallup that has zero-Ethanol premium. They want over four bucks a gallon. I think I know who they are catering to.)
Sir Abacus
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Cali doesn't tax for shit compared to a state in a real liberal western democracy. It only looks like they tax heavily compared to southern shitholes that neglect their citizenry.
Gas just jumped up to 1.37 her in Kelowna bc. That is the same price gas was last year when oil was over $100 a barrel. Fuck this shit. Old companies and the whole market is just fucked.
vagabondarts
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$2.28 where I'm at in GA
Mineshaft_Gap
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Just saw gas prices surge by ¢50
Manmademan
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that's bizarre. gas has been cratering consistently in the philly area.
SwiftDeath
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Still have no idea why gas prices have gone back up by me in the last 2 or 3 weeks
In the NW suburbs of Chicago
Was $2.49 a gallon 2 or 3 weeks ago and is now $2.79
Why?
Yeah can someone explain why Chicagoland is going the opposite direction?
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Oh no, the refinery problems are apparently contagious
http://www.jsonline.com/business/re...g-in-upper-midwest-b99555789z1-321569541.html
In the NW suburbs of Chicago
Was $2.49 a gallon 2 or 3 weeks ago and is now $2.79
Why?
Yeah can someone explain why Chicagoland is going the opposite direction?
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Oh no, the refinery problems are apparently contagious
http://www.jsonline.com/business/re...g-in-upper-midwest-b99555789z1-321569541.html
speculawyer
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OK . . . you claimed "Legislators have repeatedly stated their goals are to drive the price of gas up to $10/gallon". Presumably California Legislators.
And then you posted two articles about Steven Chu. No, one article about Steven Chu and one raving editorial. This is so wrong on so many levels.
1) Steven Chu has never been any type of Legislator.
2) Chu worked for the Federal government, not California.
3) The quote was made by Steven Chu as a private citizen BEFORE he was tapped to be Energy secretary. Steven Chu bikes to work and is a strong advocate for fighting against climate change. But as Energy secretary he toed the administration line . . . an administration that has not raised the gas tax by a penny and has implemented policies that helped DROP the price of gas to the low levels of today.
4) The "$10/gallon" aspect was from Newt Gingrich misquoting and exaggerating the Steven Chu quote.
5) Steven Chu is no longer even the Energy secretary!
California definitely has very strong policies pushing for ZEVs (Zero emission vehicles). And we did have a hike on the gas tax as part of the carbon emission restrictions signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
But trying to get gas prices to $10/gallon? No, they haven't done that.
BTW, if you live in California, you should really look into EVs. There are some really great deals on them due to the CARB rules, Fed tax-credits, and state incentives. And driving on electricity is very cheap.
PHOENIXZERO
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Yeah, it was either $2.30 or $2.40 here where I am in Michigan two days ago, now it's $3. Of course a refinery in Indiana had to have an "outage".
Outtrigger888
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Just paid 2.49$ yesterday in Minnesota. I expect 2.00$ this winter. I drive 80 miles round trip to work so its been nice.
Pegosaurus
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gas is $2.49 where i am in massachusetts, and dropping like 2 cents a week for the past few weeks
whatsinaname
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The new and convenient refinery "outage" in Michigan/Indiana has bumped yesterday's $3.24/g to $3.69/g. I can understand the prices lagging by two days on the way down, the gas stations have to sell the gas above the price they bought it at. The two day lag is non-existent on the way up of course.
Myths
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Paid $4.02 in Santa Monica, CA. I do wish it were half as much as you said...
Texas should secede.
Woody Invincible
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Filled up yesterday at $2.07 in MS. Feels good man.
NJ gas killing it as usual. As a V8 owner, couldn't be happier. Now if only I could get the price of tires to drop...
The more things change the more they stay the same.
We have the engineering talent, we have technology and ideas... but we won't act on any of this. And so another decade will go by where we depend on a finite resource that is destined to increase in price to levels that are simply not affordable for many of us.
The idea that we are still depending so much on oil for transportation in the year 2015 is baffling to me. I just filled up my tank this week so I know I'm a bit hypocritical, but if I have to drive I have no other choice.
We have the engineering talent, we have technology and ideas... but we won't act on any of this. And so another decade will go by where we depend on a finite resource that is destined to increase in price to levels that are simply not affordable for many of us.
The idea that we are still depending so much on oil for transportation in the year 2015 is baffling to me. I just filled up my tank this week so I know I'm a bit hypocritical, but if I have to drive I have no other choice.
BobTheFork
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Gas has gone up about 20 cents in the last month here in Denver.
Can confirm this is true. Costco started a price war and brought prices in the whole city down.
Feel the Swift
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Went up to $2.59 here from $2.17 in central Ohio
yeah... milwaukee too. stupid. :\
worst part is I am'was at like 1/4-1/3 a tank and figured "meh, I'll get gas in the next couple of days" and now see it around $3.
patjburns89
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California and, to a lesser extent, the entire west coast is a separate gasoline market due to the Rocky Mountains and different gasoline blends.
And right now there are those refinery issues. Who knows if they are valid or manufactured.
Yup, this post nails it. One of the largest refineries in California (Exxon Mobil refinery in Torrance) had an explosion in their unit that produces gasoline, and it was real bad.
That happened early this year. Still is being fixed now. California has its own gasoline blend that is more environmentally safe, and without any pipelines heading to the state from the Gulf Coast, if their refineries aren't producing gasoline, they need to import from Asia or get another refiner from the West Coast or Gulf Coast to make a special blend for them. Which gets suuuuuuuuuuuuper expensive.
I cover the oil industry, so I've learned a lot about how nuts California gets. When a refiner is short product, bulk prices can for real jump 50 cents/gal in a day.
The company with the outage would not benefit at all from the price surge so would not have an incentive to fake it. If the companies were colluding they would all cut production by some small percentage, not shut down an entire train at just one company while the other companies produce at full tilt and reap the rewards.
Yeah, saw the spike in gas here in Cincy too. Went from $2.29 to $2.99 nearly overnight. I should have gotten gas yesterday. :/
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