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California Screaming



>Gas prices are still on the rise as heard on the news today.  In a station
>in Ca, it is up to $2.00 a gal!!!  It is really high here in Tx, up to at least
>$1.45 for premium and 1.26 for reg.  MY QUESTION: If they are still gonna
>rise >high, what would be the disadavantage to switching the regular with
>87 octane >instead of the premium I use now 93 oc. I drive about 40 miles
>a day and it is >starting to get expensive ;(

>Rob
>randrews@post.smu.edu

I sympathize with Rob, but I drive 100 miles a day, and it is outrageously
expensive.  The cheapest gas I have found in LA is $1.45 87 self serve and
up to $2.50 a gallon for premium full serve (one place offered 87 for $0.64
a gallon in conjunction with a radio stunt for 24 hrs; lines were three
hours long).

Most places are $1.59 for 87 self serve, which is about $0.30 more than it
was in January.  I really wonder why in California (with the exception of
the cost of the new cleaner burning gas and the higher taxes) gas is so
expensive, when almost all gas sold in this state is refined here?  If you
have been to LA, you have undoubtedly seen refineries everywhere, and in SF
(spotted all around the Bay and up through the Sacramento Delta) there must
be 20 refineries.

If almost all of California's produce and fruits are grown here, why is it
so expensive?

If 75% of California's crimes are drug related, why are so many speeding
tickets issued?

If....oh, forget it.

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