Gas Prices

[Angel Oracle]

2.99 on Saturday at Corona Costco

[Redondo]

Jumped 30 cents to $2.49 almost overnight

[RallyMo]

I'm on Molokai.

 

If you were able to time travel, you could actually pay with an arm and a leg.

[Tank]

I paid 3.35 tonight at ARCO.

[fan_since79]

$3.65 at Chevron in Lakewood, up about 30 cents from a few days ago.

 

I'm thinking the new California gas tax is kicking in. Lovely.

[Don]

$2.29 in KC today because everything is cheaper in Missouri. I live about two miles from the Kansas border where it's $2.49-59. Not good for stations on that side of the line.

[wopphil]

$3.65 at Chevron in Lakewood, up about 30 cents from a few days ago.

I'm thinking the new California gas tax is kicking in. Lovely.

Its crazy. The last four times (over two days) I have driven by the gas station near my house, the price has gone up. But thankfully California is setting the standard for green house gas reduction. Yay.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Just had the oil changed and needed to fill up on the way home. The first place I saw (Chevron) was $3.24 per gallon, a Shell station a block away was the same price. Decided to keep going, four blocks further away (and farther from US 95) Arco am/pm $2.83. Forty cents per gallon is quite a price difference. The only thing I can figure out is that the other two places are fleecing people getting off the highway between Vegas and Reno.

[fan_since79]

$3.79 at a 76 station in Long Beach near CSULB, $3.99 for premium.

 

It's going to be a long, expensive summer.

[Hollyw00d]

if you're comfortable with minorities, riding the bus is a great alternative

[wopphil]

Gas was 3.59 when I drove by the station on my way home from the gym this morning. $3.69 on my way home from work. WTF happened today that caused yet another huge spike in prices?

[Tank]

$3.79 at a 76 station in Long Beach near CSULB, $3.99 for premium.

I imagine it's about 15-20 degrees warmer at long beach gas stations, too.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Gas was 3.59 when I drove by the station on my way home from the gym this morning. $3.69 on my way home from work. WTF happened today that caused yet another huge spike in prices?

 

Somebody farted in a refinery.

[Redondo]

Somebody farted in a refinery.

 

Yeah it's about time we hear about a refinery breaking down or closing so they can do a thorough cleaning.

 

Just another excuse to raise the price

[Redondo]

Speaking of refineries and stories

 

California gasoline prices jump because of refinery issues

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

I filled up on Tuesday night for about $0.30 more a gallon than when I filled up 2 weeks before and on the way work this AM prices were up another $0.35 a gallon.  Crazy that the price per barrel is still less than half of what it was a few years ago and we're now paying the same per gallon.  Naturally on the news they said a few refineries were shut down for maintenance which is why prices are up.   

[HaloMagic]

I imagine it's about 15-20 degrees warmer at long beach gas stations, too.

Oh, for sure. If you're talking Bixby Knolls at least. Don't think it gets like that in Wrigley or California Heights. Much cooler there.

[wopphil]

Somebody farted in a refinery.

Funny you say this...yesterday my wife asked me why prices have gone up so much, and my response was "because someone took a s#$% that clogged a toilet at a refinery." Sadly, this really isn't so far from the truth.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Like when the Iraq war was used as an excuse to raise prices about 50 cents per gallon, when only about three percent of our total imports come from there.

[Tank]

another refinery in social is going to be closing for maintenance in the next week and they're expecting prices to go up again. 

 

what a load of crap.

[fan_since79]

Oh, for sure. If you're talking Bixby Knolls at least. Don't think it gets like that in Wrigley or California Heights. Much cooler there.

Cal Heights is still hot. Wrigley, yes it's cooler there in general. Where it's really nice is Belmont Shore. That's a great place to live if you can endure the extreme lack of parking. If you're renting a place you'd better have a garage or a reserved space.

[xboom28x]

It's $2.55/gal here. And we have lots of water too.

[Tank]

It's $2.55/gal here. And we have lots of water too.

 

you also had 947" of snow this year.

[fan_since79]

Oil is now back up to $60/barrel. My question is, why are gas prices the same now as when oil was $94/barrel? Gas was $4/gallon then, and that's what it is now at many stations. At the very least it's about $3.69.

 

Oil went down 50% and gas followed at about the same rate, down to around $2.30/gallon. Then oil went up 33% ($45 to the current $60) but gasoline jumped about 75%.

 

Those numbers don't make any sense. I would really like to know what the exact figure is on the new California cap-and-trade gas tax, which went into effect on January 1st. I've seen estimates that it could add up to $1.50 per gallon to our gas prices. There has been almost no coverage of this in the media.

 

If oil goes back up to $100, will we be seeing $6 a gallon for gas here in California? That would be devastating to the middle class.

Edited May 5, 2015 by fan_since79

[Ochocinco!]

In a two week span gas here in Simi has gone from 2.56 to 3.73....Fkin crazy...