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[follow-ups set to lugnet.off-topic.fun]
In lugnet.general, "Adam Howard" <abhoward10@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37c15dc5.5818575@lugnet.com...
> > On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 04:27:35 GMT, "Tom McDonald"
> > <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > BTW, everyone tries to rip off Californians, including other Californians.
> > > Need anyone mention the evil oil companies? Okay, I will. The price of gas in
> > > the states is averages somewhere $1.15 - $1.25 a gallon but here in the SF Bay
> > > Area is around $1.80 per gallon of 89 octane, cheap by European standards
> > > though.
> >
> > It's nothing to do with ripping people off, it's the overall local prices.
> > IIRC The Bay Area has the *highest* cost of living in the entire 48
> > contiguous states.
> >
> > Right now, gas prices are sucking in MI--they're hanging around $1.25/gal
> > for 87 octane (that's 'bout 0.33USD/liter for the cheap stuff, if anyone
> > cares).
>
> It also has to do with the type of gasoline you use. California passed a law a few years back that requires a special kind of
> 'environmentally' friendly gasoline. It's debatable whether it's really environmentally friendly or not (mainly because the mpg is
> a lot less than gasoline used in the rest of the country.) This 'environmentally' friendly gasoline costs a whole lot more to make,
> a whole lot more. And that is one reason it costs more at the pump.
It also has a lot to do with the local gasoline taxes. It amazes me how
much gas prices change when I cross state lines. Once I actually turned
around and headed back across the border to fill up because of the
difference in price (hint: if you are leaving Missouri for Illinois, top
off your tank before crossing the River).
Steve
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| Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37c15dc5.581857...net.com... (...) It also has to do with the type of gasoline you use. California passed a law a few years back that requires a special kind of 'environmentally' friendly (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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