Driving home last night, I saw that gas prices at my local station (I live on a plateau with only a couple of gas stations on it) had climbed through the roof.
The premium that my car requires is now $2.98.9. We're very, very close to breaking the $3 mark. I think these national average prices must be driven down by prices in the hinterland. When I lived in the SF Bay area the problem was just as bad and we had refineries within 50 miles there as well.
So it's not distance to refineries.. they just want to screw us.
Posted by artandscience at August 9, 2005 01:54 AM