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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Energy => Topic started by: IsailedawayfromFR on March 31, 2020, 04:58:05 pm

Title: Paying $4.79 a Gallon, California Didnâ€™t Get the Cheap Gas Memo
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on March 31, 2020, 04:58:05 pm: Quote
At least thereâ€™s this: The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. has fallen below $2 for the first time in four years.

Thatâ€™s average -- which California is not. As crude oil prices have tanked, depressed by the coronavirus pandemic and the market-share war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, at least a dozen service stations in the Golden State were charging more than $4 as of Monday, according to the tracker GasBuddy. One unnamed location in Santa Clara, near the heart of Silicon Valley, was demanding the most that GasBuddyâ€™s research found in the state: $4.79.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/paying-4-79-gallon-california-000357570.html
It is increasingly becoming obvious that those who choose to remain in California who have the ability to flee but do not are not quite stable.

I paid $1.49 per gallon recently when I filled up.
Title: Re: Paying $4.79 a Gallon, California Didnâ€™t Get the Cheap Gas Memo
Post by: Drago on April 03, 2020, 08:43:19 am: "Old" article or outliers...my local Costco gas station in Central California is at $2.19/gallon. Not bad considering that the CA taxes are 91 cents/gallon (CA gas = $1.28 before taxes).
Title: Re: Paying $4.79 a Gallon, California Didnâ€™t Get the Cheap Gas Memo
Post by: catfish1957 on April 03, 2020, 08:57:29 am: Quote from: Drago on April 03, 2020, 08:43:19 am
"Old" article or outliers...my local Costco gas station in Central California is at $2.19/gallon. Not bad considering that the CA taxes are 91 cents/gallon (CA gas = $1.28 before taxes).

71% taxation is an example of government criminality.
Title: Re: Paying $4.79 a Gallon, California Didnâ€™t Get the Cheap Gas Memo
Post by: Drago on April 03, 2020, 09:28:08 am: Quote from: catfish1957 on April 03, 2020, 08:57:29 am
71% taxation is an example of government criminality.
Yep, I agree. The "official"/often quoted CA gas tax is about 61 cents/gallon, but I include the often overlooked "carbon tax" added at the wholesale or manufacturing level...right around 31 cents/gallon.
Title: Re: Paying $4.79 a Gallon, California Didnâ€™t Get the Cheap Gas Memo
Post by: Smokin Joe on April 03, 2020, 11:34:08 am: $1.89/gallon, 87 octane here (AKA "Regular"). The lowest price I have seen in 15 years, but when it was $4 I could afford it. better.
Title: Re: Paying $4.79 a Gallon, California Didnâ€™t Get the Cheap Gas Memo
Post by: Idiot on April 03, 2020, 04:55:59 pm: Here they pay you to take it. happy77