Look what they're doing to California, that pesky, highly "blue" state.

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

Enron, now BushCo proper. Destroy your most able opponents first.

[DJ13]

1. Enron Part II

[Joanne98]

2. It's the Enron loophole

[jgraz]

13. Yep. Why do you think the Repigs (and McSame) so strongly oppose the Farm Bill?

It closes the Enron Loophole.

[truedelphi]

3. We have always had the highest prices in the nation. It makes little

Sense as there are scores of oil refineries here.

Occasionally Boxer or Feinstein look into it, but I've never figured out why they can't find out why this happens!!

[davidinalameda]

6. we also have some of the highest gas taxes in the country

[Cleita]

4. Yep and with their puppet governor in situ they can do it without

much resistance.

[WillyT]

5. Almost Looks Like An Electoral Map...

:mad:

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Yeah, I was wondering about that, for the last few years of seeing "maps" such as this.

[kestrel91316]

11. BINGO.

[earth mom]

8. The PNW is little better. Enron part 2 for the blue states...

:grr:

[LeftyMom]

9. They know there's no option, things are too spread out and there's almost no effective transit

so people have to pay whatever they charge for gas or not work.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Yeah, but where's the conspiracy theory in that?

A third of this town's working population commutes to Silicon Valley. A handful drive 18 miles to the nearest Caltrain station and take the train the rest of the way, but the vast majority drive the entire 80-100 mile round trip five days a week. And that's not nearly the longest commute in the state; in cities like Tracy, Stockton and Modesto there are many who drive double that distance because there's no other way.

Probably not coincidentally, Stockton is Foreclosureville USA.

[LeftyMom]

14. Nobody in their right mind wants to live in Stockton anyhow.

Ick.

The lack of transit options here suck. We have Regional Transit, and I actually could ride for free because I'm a student, but it takes more than two hours to get from my house to my school, and the same trip takes 15 minutes by car. That's not an option many people would or even could use, because of how slow it is. And I and most other night students can't use it anyhow, the last bus away from my school (which has better than average service) leaves around 7 and the last class lets out after 10.

[crikkett]

12. look, I'm sorry, but understand that CA requires fuel to be processed in-state

and to a different set of standards than anyone else. There are only a handful of refineries and they're breaking down. The 'rules' allow oil companies to game the system and fuck us Californians over. But the 'rules' also mean that our gas is going to cost more, no matter what.

I hope you find other options besides burning gas. I gave up my car a while ago in protest over Katrina and rent when I really need one, otherwise walk or take public transit. I'm spending a lot less money to get around and I'm the tiniest bit healthier for all the fresh air. I haven't felt road rage in years.

I even invested in one of those old-lady carts. People used to laugh, now they want it.

Good luck to you.

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. I haven't had a car in years. It's about being screwed by BushCo, not anything personal.

Good for you for acting ahead of the trends!

[Dukkha]

16. Texas is getting off way too easy

and they are like the SUV capital of the world