OverlanderJK
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That’s about what diesel is here.Holy hell! And here I was bitching about paying $3.75 for diesel the other day
Fuel Prices
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DirtHeadDavis
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Woah that looks great! I haven't paid under $5.40 in SD for a while.“Decent” in SoCal comparatively this morning.Record profits again for oil/gas companies last qtr in the tens of billions in profits. Greedy bastards.
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JAGS
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It was even lower a few weeks ago before the BS summer blend.
NPC 6060⁸42
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Yes it says 9.99 a gallon in Toms Brook Va this morning was 3.50 across the street so not sure what’s going on here
HighwayTrout
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Better mpg and better for engines. I hate winter fuel.
bobfriesenhahn
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Looks like the sign is broken.
A station could get away with charging 9.99 because most people probably don't check the price on the pump before they fill their tank.
JAGS
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That might be, but the hike is BS. They make billions already.
To be fair, California is making tons of money too. Almost .80¢ of every gallon goes to taxes.
Californians consumed 13.82 billion gallons of finished gasoline in 2021. At .77¢ a gallon, that's $10,780,000,000. Even if only half goes to the state, that's still $5,390,000,000. Hope it's being well spent.
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Mike Pierson
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Lmfao… riiiight.
jeeeep
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For a state with so many anti-capitalism liberals, they sure love their capitalism...
JAGS
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Some of our voters are stupid to keep approving tax hikes.
Some is spent well, not most. That’s annually for the state. Still a drop compared to the multiple oil co annual profits that same year. Ever higher profits in the years since.
LOL - there's a lot of reasons why price are so much higher now than it was just 4 years ago, especially in a state like California. You can blame 'greedy oil companies' that provide you with something that you actually want if it makes you feel better but it doesn't change the fact that gas is still half the cost in other states.Some of our voters are stupid to keep approving tax hikes.
Either way, there are other options available if you want to stick it to the man. Certainly, you can always buy a Tesla or the like
I took a quick dive down the rabbit whole and found the following is more likely the reason why gas prices are so high right now.
1. Demand for gas went way down due to the stupid virus thing and subsequent lock downs.
2. Oil producers cut production due to lack of demand - it's simple economics.
3. When people started to come to their senses and things got better, OPEC was slow to ramp up production.
4. Thanks to the whole blue and yellow flag people, sanctions were put on Russia and that included oil. That caused a rapid 20% hike in prices.
5. The Keystone pipeline was cancelled.
6. Companies in the US have become constrained by the tight supply of rigs, trucks and labor that's needed to supply more oil.
7. Current emphasis on shifting away from oil and fossil fuels as a whole has created a disincentive to boost production.
Of course, if you live in a state, county or city or all of the above that taxes your gas at a higher rate than others, that ain't gonna help you out either.
1. Demand for gas went way down due to the stupid virus thing and subsequent lock downs.
2. Oil producers cut production due to lack of demand - it's simple economics.
3. When people started to come to their senses and things got better, OPEC was slow to ramp up production.
4. Thanks to the whole blue and yellow flag people, sanctions were put on Russia and that included oil. That caused a rapid 20% hike in prices.
5. The Keystone pipeline was cancelled.
6. Companies in the US have become constrained by the tight supply of rigs, trucks and labor that's needed to supply more oil.
7. Current emphasis on shifting away from oil and fossil fuels as a whole has created a disincentive to boost production.
Of course, if you live in a state, county or city or all of the above that taxes your gas at a higher rate than others, that ain't gonna help you out either.
NPC 6060⁸42
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Similar thing they did with tobacco. Taxed the crap out of it then more people quite so the states were making less and less. They rail and rail against something and raise taxes then when people start driving less or using less fuel they have to find new ways to get their money.
I was driving a hybrid here in Va and loving the low fuel costs. Well Virginia figured out folks driving hybrids weren’t paying their ‘fair” share so they put a surcharge on your registration. Since I drive very few miles anyway I traded the hybrid on the Gladiator.
I was driving a hybrid here in Va and loving the low fuel costs. Well Virginia figured out folks driving hybrids weren’t paying their ‘fair” share so they put a surcharge on your registration. Since I drive very few miles anyway I traded the hybrid on the Gladiator.
JAGS
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LOL - there's a lot of reasons why price are so much higher now than it was just 4 years ago, especially in a state like California. You can blame 'greedy oil companies' that provide you with something that you actually want if it makes you feel better but it doesn't change the fact that gas is still half the cost in other states.
Either way, there are other options available if you want to stick it to the man. Certainly, you can always buy a Tesla or the like
Not arguing with you on any of these. All true and valid. There’s tons of rabbit holes and I’ve gone down many as well.
We do pay lots of premiums in California. If I were retired, or knew where my kids were going to settle, I would consider moving elsewhere. Though there are other aspects of CA I do enjoy and would miss if I left.
bobfriesenhahn
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Small potatoes. The Dallas city budget is 8 billion, primarily from property taxes. And that does not include the school system.
I get it, CA is a beautiful state. Living there just comes at a cost and high gas prices is just one of them.