F... gas prices

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Originally Posted by FRPLG

Not demand. Supply. Cali's uber environmental regulations mean they need more specialized blends that are of course in short supply. Plus there are higher gas taxes. In most "liberal" states the gas prices are higher because it is more socially acceptable to tax gas at a higher rate. Not attacking...just saying. Around here Maryland has the same issues.

Anything involving economics is just crazy complicated. It is unintelligent to blame one facet of a situation when something is out whack. Big oil isn't innocent but they aren't nearly as guilty as lots of people would have you believe. It just not that simple.

I was referring more to the fact that the regional mass transit system is so poor that so few people can use it. That puts more drivers on the road than in lots of East Coast cities with better mass transit. And that leads to more demand.

You're right though, the supply side is affected there too because of the intense governmental regulations on emissions.