well, I've finally seen $3.01/gallon REGULAR gas...
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You do realize that with higher gas prices comes higher cost in just about everything and anything - Food, clothes, materials, etc etc.
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oil is up to $95.42 right now...Libya's Gadhafi vows to fight on, die a martyr.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_libya_protests
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_libya_protests
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Originally Posted by IS-SV
$3.59 for Chevron regular here, another 18 to 20 cents for premium.
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Welcome to California. Gas prices are usually (but not always) higher there than in most other parts of the country. There are several factors to that, but for the most part, you can thank the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the state legislature for creating unique blend-requirements for fuel sold in the state. These more or unique requirements do help auto emissions in the notorious L.A. smog-basin, of course, but they create a requirement for oil companies to refine and sell special fuels for CA that are not required by the EPA (or state governments) in most other places. So, the oil companies face a fuel-market that is not as cost-effective in CA as the larger market for the rest of the country. Added to that, of course, are additional things in CA that drive prices up, like high land/property values, high property taxes, fairly high wages....and, in many cases, it simply costs more to run a gas station there than in many other places. Those extra costs, of course, are often passed onto the consumer......at the pump.
Gas prices at $3.59 are reasonable in Silicon Valley considering income levels, lifestyles, tech capital of the world, concentration of the most highly tech-educated workers in nation, desirable moderate semi-arid climate conducive to healthy outdoor sports-oriented activities and the enjoyment of nice cars too without snow shovels, salt, and grit every year to deal with, relatively clean air (which comes at a cost), overhead, land prices/scarcity of much is a result of spectacular topography, etc. Pay to play is fine with me.
But I agree, the oil price manipulation nation-wide is something else. Yes prices aren't that bad compared to much if not most of the western world.
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Gas prices at $3.59 are reasonable in Silicon Valley considering income levels, lifestyles, tech capital of the world, concentration of the most highly tech-educated workers in nation, desirable moderate semi-arid climate conducive to healthy outdoor sports-oriented activities and the enjoyment of nice cars too, relatively clean air (which comes at a cost), overhead, land prices/scarcity of much is a result of spectacular topography, etc. Pay to play is fine with me.
But I agree, the oil price manipulation nation-wide is something else. Yes prices aren't that bad compared to most of the western world.
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saw regular hit 3.15 today here
I do not agree we need high prices I was fine ten years ago when gas was $1.40 or so. High oil prices affect the cost of EVERYTHING I would never wan high oil prices as a consumer.
To me people will realize gas will never go down to sub $2 levels again and I think another gas "shock" so close to the last one is going to change a lot of peoples car buying decisions.
That's if people buy cars the industry could be stagnant with no growth.
FYI we import most of our oil from CANADA not the middle east.
I do not agree we need high prices I was fine ten years ago when gas was $1.40 or so. High oil prices affect the cost of EVERYTHING I would never wan high oil prices as a consumer.
To me people will realize gas will never go down to sub $2 levels again and I think another gas "shock" so close to the last one is going to change a lot of peoples car buying decisions.
That's if people buy cars the industry could be stagnant with no growth.
FYI we import most of our oil from CANADA not the middle east.