MarathonMike
Diamond Member
Here is the real reason California gas prices are 7 or 8 dollars a gallon. California did it to themselves with their own regulations.
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“What's unique about California is that we have a special blend of gasoline that's mandated by the Air Resources Board to help deal with local air pollution from our cars," Agerton said, "And so, not a lot of places make that kind of gasoline, we really make most of it here in California, so because of that, our import options are really limited to kind of help offset this shortage.”
Patrick De Haan agreed that strict environmental guidelines make it hard to meet demand when there’s a cutoff in supply. He is a market analyst and fuel forecaster. He said Newsom is wrong. "
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“What's unique about California is that we have a special blend of gasoline that's mandated by the Air Resources Board to help deal with local air pollution from our cars," Agerton said, "And so, not a lot of places make that kind of gasoline, we really make most of it here in California, so because of that, our import options are really limited to kind of help offset this shortage.”
Patrick De Haan agreed that strict environmental guidelines make it hard to meet demand when there’s a cutoff in supply. He is a market analyst and fuel forecaster. He said Newsom is wrong. "