Subject: Re: ?The ?California Premium?: Why the Golden State?s ?Take Per Gallon? consistently outpaces refiner earnings?
On 4/21/26 17:19, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?The ?California Premium?: Why the Golden State?s ?Take Per Gallon? consistently outpaces refiner earnings?
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/the-california-premium-why-the-golden- states-take-per-gallon-consistently-outpaces-refiner-earnings/
?As California moves through 2026, a clear fiscal reality is visible at
the gas pump.?
?For every gallon of regular unleaded gasoline sold in the state,
combined taxes, fees, and regulatory program costs imposed by state and local governments now represent a substantial portion of the final price
? frequently exceeding the net profit margins earned by refiners after costs.?
?This has intensified debate over the persistent ?California Premium,?
the roughly $1.70?$1.90 per gallon gap between what Californians pay compared to the national average.?
I know one place I do not want to move to, California.
Oh good!
Lynn
The gas tax pays for the roads. The refineries do not. The roads
including freeways, concrete, grave, and asphalt are not cheap and they are quite extensive since California is not a little state nor an
under-populated state.
The gasoline is formulated for the summer when more Californians are driving
to give less emissions of the sort that produce photochemical smog. By the
way not only Los Angeles but many agricultual areas have the problem of pollution. It was very bad in the Central Valley not so many years ago.
So we have refineries charging more for the special formulation and then California's tax on top of that to pay for the places that the
wheels may
turn delivering food and many other products to the people of the state...
In the San Francisco area we can have high levels of pollution and allergens but the City between the Ocean and the Bay frequently
enjoys refreshing breezes that cut the cost of air conditioning a lot.
Other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area are not so lucky.
We are having dampish weather currently but it should go away
in the next 24 hours. Maybe some thunder storms coming in.
bliss
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