thestrangebrew1
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At least it's "planned" maintenance that explains currently tight supplies. In the past, emergency maintenance would occur coincidentally with high prices.California must be having refinement issues, or blaming the switch to winter fuel.
Just looked I was right (on their claim on why its going up.)
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Treanor said the increasing prices in California are because some oil refineries on the West Coast are going through routine maintenance. That means there is less gas available. “California gets their oil from oil refineries off the West Coast.Sep 12, 2024"
Brand names up at least .30 gal and cheap stations up .40-.50/gal
July
Safeway - 3.85
Costco - 3.85
Chevron - 4.99
Shell - 4.99
Now:
Safeway - 4.34
Costco - 4.29
Chevron - 5.29
Shell - 5.29
Ha! I know exactly which gas station this is. I also don't know how any sane person actually visits this gas station, but I suspect their customers might be lawyers and other high income professions that get to travel and/or log everything as a business expense, so they personally don't care if they are filling up the rental car with >$7/gal gas.My wife and I had a date today and took the train to Union Station in Los Angeles. This station was right near there. I had to take a picture because I could not believe it. I have no idea why it is so high.
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