California has a gasoline blend which I believe is also used in southern Nevada and portions of Washington State. There is a winter blend and a summer blend formula. It’s estimated to add 10 to 30 cents per gallon to the cost above that in most other states. The total federal, state and local taxes in CA run about $1.40 per gallon. This …
California has a gasoline blend which I believe is also used in southern Nevada and portions of Washington State. There is a winter blend and a summer blend formula. It’s estimated to add 10 to 30 cents per gallon to the cost above that in most other states. The total federal, state and local taxes in CA run about $1.40 per gallon. This information is actually difficult to find on the internet because the first several Google search page results are heavily weighted by biased anti environmental petroleum industry posts and news media that repeats it along with clickbait outlier prices. California’s gasoline market suffers from lack of competition and usually several “unplanned “ refinery closures and production problems that mysteriously hits several refineries at the same time, usually twice per year. Most consumer oriented analysts will tell you there’s 60 to 70 cents of unexplained additional cost per gallon. It’s either the “we can get away with it” factor because it’s accepted and/or price gouging.
Other industry lies include distribution costs, as distributors will state all gas is trucked to stations from the refineries. This is BS because there are tank farms all over the state which are connected by pipelines. Gas prices are highest in large and mid-sized urban areas away from refineries but drop significantly in the middle of nowhere, except for the Imperial Valley and along the I-15 drive to Las Vegas.
California has a gasoline blend which I believe is also used in southern Nevada and portions of Washington State. There is a winter blend and a summer blend formula. It’s estimated to add 10 to 30 cents per gallon to the cost above that in most other states. The total federal, state and local taxes in CA run about $1.40 per gallon. This information is actually difficult to find on the internet because the first several Google search page results are heavily weighted by biased anti environmental petroleum industry posts and news media that repeats it along with clickbait outlier prices. California’s gasoline market suffers from lack of competition and usually several “unplanned “ refinery closures and production problems that mysteriously hits several refineries at the same time, usually twice per year. Most consumer oriented analysts will tell you there’s 60 to 70 cents of unexplained additional cost per gallon. It’s either the “we can get away with it” factor because it’s accepted and/or price gouging.
Other industry lies include distribution costs, as distributors will state all gas is trucked to stations from the refineries. This is BS because there are tank farms all over the state which are connected by pipelines. Gas prices are highest in large and mid-sized urban areas away from refineries but drop significantly in the middle of nowhere, except for the Imperial Valley and along the I-15 drive to Las Vegas.
Thanks for all the info.