California Gas Prices

Quote from LivninSC : This article is an utter failure. We are screwed with summer blend because our neighboring states don't have it so we can't import it from anywhere. Winter mix is a different story and it can be taken from elsewhere and moved to our state to increase supply, just as was done the reverse when the pipeline to AZ was down for a bit. So prices in other regions may now increase, and our prices may be higher than normal if refineries were operating at full capacity but I've already seen prices inch down a bit.

This chart says it all.. You can see why Californians feel like they are getting robbed..

Quote : USA National Gas Price Heat Map http://www.californiagasprices.co...ounty.aspx

This "Gas Price Nightmare" is just one of California's many problems..
Jerry Brown wants Californians to vote for higher Taxes in November, just to balance the budget..
Not to mention its foreclosure problem..

Quote : 12 States Are Getting Buried By Foreclosures http://www.businessinsider.com/st...12-10?op=1

16 Reasons Why California Is The Next Greece
http://www.businessinsider.com/wh...z297fSopHT

Quote from kbenson : I have to say that I am for higher gas prices. Why? Makes people rethink vehicle idle time while waiting for kids at school (or walk to school) I see plenty of parents few blocks from school, drop off kids in car and return home. Find friends/co-workers to carpool with (rotate who gets to drive) Yes I know we all know about these options, but what a lot of people don't know is that the oil producers have us by the nuts. They raise prices and we complain, but still pay. All it takes is another conflict and prices will rise again. Fark those bastards. Raise gas to 10 bucks or more and lets wean ourselves away from it.

Quote from cruizerfish : $10.00/gallon is still a awesome deal.

Exactly. Why not $20.00 a gallon?

Of course, we'd have to increase welfare and other entitlements so that the poor could still drive their older gas guzzlers.

Quote from Elmer : Exactly. Why not $20.00 a gallon? Of course, we'd have to increase welfare and other entitlements so that the poor could still drive their older gas guzzlers.

Based upon the brilliant business model of Panera Cares (http://paneracares.org/), we can have new gas stations called Obama Cares..... drive up, fill up the gas tank, and then put your money in the bucket according to how much you think you should be charged.

Elmer, this could have been a game-changing, game-winning idea for your company. I'm disappointed that you didn't think of it first.

Quote from Hawk2007 : Based upon the brilliant business model of Panera Cares (http://paneracares.org/), we can have new gas stations called Obama Cares..... drive up, fill up the gas tank, and then put your money in the bucket according to how much you think you should be charged. Elmer, this could have been a game-changing, game-winning idea for your company. I'm disappointed that you didn't think of it first.

Well, actually, years ago, we did come up with a similar business model, only more based on government practices.

The customer would prepay us at the retail price, and than later, when it was convenient for us, we would provide the services we thought were appropriate, often less than agreed on, and sometimes no services at all. We of course kept the full prepayment.

Wasn't that successful for us, but perhaps it was just ahead of it's time.

gassed up for 4.69 prem tuesday, same gas station is now 4.65. Good to know theres no bullshit price fixing going on here even though all gas stations are now using winter blend and im getting less fuel economy.

It will only get worse for California. They need to build more plants to refine the gasoline. Sadly, that will probably never happen. Good thing they have those electric cars coming...

http://www.plugincars.com/califor...11799.html

"Many environmentalists and electric car fans cheered last week when California adopted new rules that require 15 percent of all cars sold in the state to be electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen-powered by 2025. Even automakers were onboard. But the devil is in the details, and some plug-in car advocates believe the California Air Resources Board simultaneously engineered a positive spin on the rules—while creating a giant loophole allowing more modest gains in electric car adoption. “Unfortunately, the California Air Resources Board, and particularly CARB chairwoman Mary Nichols controlled the spin battle on this one,” said Jay Friedland, legislative director for Plug In America, an electric car advocacy group. Friedland is referring to a so-called “greenhouse gas overcompliance provision,” which allows automakers to only produce about half the number of required pure electric cars it needs to produce between 2018 and 2021 under the new rule—in exchange for reducing the carbon emissions from its entire fleet by 2-gram-per-mile beyond targets."

Quote from Gotchaforce : gassed up for 4.69 prem tuesday, same gas station is now 4.65. Good to know theres no bullshit price fixing going on here even though all gas stations are now using winter blend and im getting less fuel economy.

Why are you using premium?
Premium's a joke.

Quote from OhNoItsDEVO : Why are you using premium? Premium's a joke.

My ECU is programmed for high compression, its not an ECU that retards the engine once it senses knocks with regular.

Gas is still way too expensive here in Southern California. Any time gas is over $4.50 you got to figure that you are getting ripped off. I am just thankful it's gone down that far, as on Friday we were paying $4.95 a gallon. We have a very fuel efficient car (Toyota Corolla) compared to an SUV, van, pick up truck, etc, but we were still paying $38 to fill up when the tank was already a little over half full. Less than a month ago, a $20 would fill the tank once a week when the tank was already a little over half full. $18 might not seem like a big difference, but when you are putting that in a car twice a week, it adds up fast.

Quote from Hawk2007 : ......we can have new gas stations called Obama Cares..... drive up, fill up the gas tank, and then put your money in the bucket according to how much you think you should be charged. ....

My bad. When I saw a reference to Obama Cares I thought for sure you would drive up, fill up the gas tank, and then watch them force someone who made more money than you to pay for it.

California's Gas Price: Is There a Villain?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1...99088.html

High Gas prices are just part of California's many problems..

Quote : 16 Reasons To Move Away From California http://endoftheamericandream.com/...california ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What Is The Best Place To Live In America? Pros And Cons For All 50 States California Pros: Disneyland, warm weather, Malibu Cons: high taxes, Jerry Brown, earthquakes, mudslides, wildfires, gang violence, crime, traffic, rampant poverty, insane politicians, ridiculous regulations, bad schools, political correctness, illegal immigration, not enough jobs, air pollution, multiple nuclear power plants, possible tsunami threat along the coast, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Stockton, Sacramento, huge drug problem, high population density, the state government is broke, many more reasons to leave California right here Overall Rating: F http://theeconomiccollapseblog.co...-50-states

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/09/...-over.html

Quote : In California, the lowest average price was $3.42 in Stockton and the highest was $3.73 in Bakersfield. The average statewide for a gallon of regular was $3.52, down a dime.

...the sky is falling! the sky is falling!

Quote from 403forbidden : ...the sky is falling! the sky is falling!

Let me fix that for you.

Quote from 403forbidden : ...the price is falling! the price is falling!

Quote from StarNova : It will only get worse for California. They need to build more plants to refine the gasoline. Sadly, that will probably never happen. Good thing they have those electric cars coming...

What good would it do to build more refineries when California's oil companies are shipping the gas refined here out of the country? They refine the gas in California, then they ship it abroad to create a fake shortage to justify planned price increases.

What we need is to muster the political will to impose the free market on California's oil industry.

Quote : A total of 37.9 million gallons of gasoline and 117.9 million gallons of distillates, including diesel, were exported in July via the Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego customs districts, according to Commerce Department and Energy Department statistics.

http://www.latimes.com/business/l...3907.story