The price to travel is getting VERY AFFORDABLE.

Diesel's just dropped below $2 here in central Virginia. Guess I'll have to go visit friends in Oklahoma next time I need a fillup.

I wonder how much of that pricing circus is coming from oil companies and how much from stations owners.
When you see diesel in one station at $1.86 and other sells it for $3.20...
as far as I know for the region all fuel comes from the same refinery at the same price.

bob_nestor wrote:

Executive wrote:
Use Gas Buddy and you can put in any city/state and it will tell you in real time the price of fuel in any given location...I think California is the only State that plays with the prices...seems they like to "close" refineries when fuel prices drop, so they can use that "excuse" to keep their prices high...:S......Dennis

On the other hand, California has requirements for many different specialized gas formulations that are only produced in California refineries. Given the difficulty of building new refineries and the types of crude that the California refineries were built to handle and the fact that most of them have to run flat-out to try and keep up with demand, it could be just simple economics and wear and tear on the equipment.

But look at the situation in Canada and the current exchange rates. They may soon be paying us to travel north of the border.

On the other hand, judging from the profits that the oil companies are making here in California, it may be that 90% of the high prices are from price gouging. Maybe their thought is, we've cut back on production due to excessive control by CARB and failure to let us build new refineries due to influence by Greenies, so while we raise prices to reflect those problems, let us raise prices twice as much as necessary to make a good profit. After all it's what the State Government will allow us to do and what they do.

Has nothing to due with who has control of every elected State office does it?

A second generation, pro Californian who is anti-one party rule.

Executive wrote:
Use Gas Buddy and you can put in any city/state and it will tell you in real time the price of fuel in any given location...I think California is the only State that plays with the prices...seems they like to "close" refineries when fuel prices drop, so they can use that "excuse" to keep their prices high...:S......Dennis

Thanks Dennis,

I use it all the time - This list of the lowest prices in the states is good for finding the place to fill up.

We have Gas at $1.37 and diesel at $1.40 now that is LOW. (In Oklahoma)

I remember $.24.9 in 71' and $1.79 in 1980 just hoping for something that is more normal and not like the stock market.

Busskipper

Executive wrote:
Use Gas Buddy and you can put in any city/state and it will tell you in real time the price of fuel in any given location...I think California is the only State that plays with the prices...seems they like to "close" refineries when fuel prices drop, so they can use that "excuse" to keep their prices high...:S......Dennis

On the other hand, California has requirements for many different specialized gas formulations that are only produced in California refineries. Given the difficulty of building new refineries and the types of crude that the California refineries were built to handle and the fact that most of them have to run flat-out to try and keep up with demand, it could be just simple economics and wear and tear on the equipment.

But look at the situation in Canada and the current exchange rates. They may soon be paying us to travel north of the border.

Use Gas Buddy and you can put in any city/state and it will tell you in real time the price of fuel in any given location...I think California is the only State that plays with the prices...seems they like to "close" refineries when fuel prices drop, so they can use that "excuse" to keep their prices high...:S......Dennis