Current Gas Prices
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Nice try......but irrelevent. I showed you a picture, several months ago, of the actual fuel-use in my vehicle crusing on a (level) I-66, not coasting down Sandstone Mountain LOL. Some other owners, in the Trailblazer/EncoreGX-forums with the same engine, have reported more or less the same results, using the actual accumulated-MPG figure displayed, not the instantaneous MPG number as you vary your pressure on the gas pedal.
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well, we’re not “ allowed” to talk about why it’s gonna be structurally embedded. But everyone knows why.
moving on…
gas in Iran is .50c a gallon right now. $5+ a gallon converted here. Historically, California has very high gas prices from all the taxes pay pay and all the environmental regulations. It’s the same thing here as California
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gas in Iran is .50c a gallon right now. $5+ a gallon converted here. Historically, California has very high gas prices from all the taxes pay pay and all the environmental regulations. It’s the same thing here as California
Last edited by Toys4RJill; May 20, 2026 at 07:34 PM.
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Originally Posted by Toys4RJill;
Historically, California has very high gas prices from all the taxes pay pay and all the environmental regulations. It’s the same thing here as California
Mods...IMO, this is not political...just trying to explain an economic fact.
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Yes, part of it is a tax-issue, but also the fact that the special fuel-blends that California demands from the oil-companies are not done to an economy of scale, as they are not marketed that way all over the country. It simply costs more for the companies to refine to the standards that California demands.
Mods...IMO, this is not political...just trying to explain an economic fact.
Mods...IMO, this is not political...just trying to explain an economic fact.
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Yes, part of it is a tax-issue, but also the fact that the special fuel-blends that California demands from the oil-companies are not done to an economy of scale, as they are not marketed that way all over the country. It simply costs more for the companies to refine to the standards that California demands.
Mods...IMO, this is not political...just trying to explain an economic fact.
Mods...IMO, this is not political...just trying to explain an economic fact.
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I look at Escalades at least a couple times a week and they fly off the lots so fast they don't have any, I saw only one for sale yesterday at the dealer.
FWIW it ain't stopping people from buying massive trucks like these.
I have spent nearly $70 in gas in two days running errands, there's still $30 or so of fuel left but still... The SL really sucks it down when you get into the gas.
FWIW it ain't stopping people from buying massive trucks like these.
I have spent nearly $70 in gas in two days running errands, there's still $30 or so of fuel left but still... The SL really sucks it down when you get into the gas.
