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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
First, we are buying California gas. Effectively we are in california as far as prices are concerned.
Second, the land values (of gas stations) and the high taxes CA puts on gas are affecting it.
Third, we get anally raped on gas because as a nation we are crackfiends who do what massah says, because we won't take steps to change that.
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But more importantly... CA uses so much fuel that it supplies itself. Oil comes in via tanker and pipeline from Alaska/Pacific. It's refined in CA for CA. Therefore, CA is really kind of it's own gas market... the rest of the nation is supplied by LA and TX refineries which is why they were hit by Katrina more than CA was.
But... when things like that refinery fire in Richmond reduce CA's refinery capacity (which is the real limiting factor of supply, not the crude, or price of foreign oil) then CA's prices go up. And like Kevin said, Reno is essentially CA when it comes to gas.