I'll try not to break the rules saying something political other than there IS a way of stopping/preventing this....
9/9/23 Shell $6.19 705 W Huntington Dr & Monterey Ave Monrovia CA. Mobil $6.19 380 Santa Monica Blvd & Orlando Ave West Hollywood CA. Diesel $6.89
I Repeat > I`m Sure GLAD we ain`t anywhere near that... Dennis AND News says it`s coming Down??? I ain`t seen but a few pennies less
9/10/23 $6.53 9000 Telegraph Rd & Lakewood Blvd Downey CA. $6.30 705 W Huntington Dr & Monterey Ave Monrovia CA
$6.69 Mobil 2249 Huntington Dr & Mount Olive Dr & 605 Fwy Duarte CA. $6.59 Shell 10974 Ventura Blvd & Vineland Ave Studio City CA. $6.49 Chevron 10815 National Blvd & Westwood Blvd Los Angeles CA
Where everyone around Snohomish County (Oh, I'm up in WA for two weeks) is $5.05 and up, the 41st. and Rucker Safeway in Everett has regular at $4.799/gal. $98 and almost 21 gallons or so later, I have a full tank.
Gas here is at 3.29 reg., 3.69 mid & 4.09 prem., per gallon, because of our governor! Thanks Governor Kemp!
It's not just the Governor of a state, the Legislature also has their fingers in the pie. Washington and California are big examples of that, as opposed to states like Texas, who do not put much state taxation on fuels, so the majority of taxes there are general and Highway Trust Fund Federal taxes. Your state's average prices are just about the same as Texas, so you're actually doing better that a lot of other places around the country.
I use only non-ethanol gas in my '75 Ranchero or '02 Ranger. The only local drive-in station with non-ethanol here locally is Murphy Mart (Walmart) at $4.49/gal for mid-range gasoline. Luckily, there is dealer here offering 91 octane non-ethanol gasoline, a requirement for my '75 460. The price is also $4.49/gal. Granted this is not drive through gasoline. I have to drive down a dirt drive to a back tank. However, I could care less with the Ranger so what the hey, I'll burn 91 octane in that Ranger and load up a 5 gal jerry can for the Ranchero and I don't have to put up with the s**ty customers at the Walmart station.
