Re: Newsom's 'Compassion' for Wildfire Victims

On 7/18/2025 1:25 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Tue, 15 Jul 2025 22:20:48 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
 

Our gas prices are higher than Hawaii's. They're higher than everyone's. And
Gavin says it's because the oil companies are gouging us but he's never been
able to explain why they only gouge California and leave the other 49 states
alone. (Of course the reason he can't explain it is because it's not true and
he's lying again.)
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Stupid question perhaps but what sort of gas prices do they have in
Alaska? Obviously we know Alaska has plenty of crude but I don't know
of any refineries there which means it would have to be shipped up
from Seattle (there are a couple of refineries north of Seattle and
the Canadian border while there are no oil pipelines from Canada.

Nope, Alaska has refineries. My exhusband worked for Chevron shipping and they hauled refined products from Valdez and Anchorage around to the islands.

 Which probably means 'arm and a leg' gas prices. But I'd be curious to
know