Re: Newsom's 'Compassion' for Wildfire Victims

On Jul 18, 2025 at 1:25:32 AM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> 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.)
 

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

Alaska has three refineries:

Kenai Refinery, on the Kenai Peninsula, 60 miles southwest of Anchorage. It
rocesses mainly Alaska domestic crude, some North Dakota crude, and limited
international crude. It is the primary supplier of motor gasoline in Alaska
and also produces jet fuel for Anchorage International Airport.

North Pole Refinery (Marathon Terminal)  about 15 miles southeast of
Fairbanks. It serves Interior Alaska’s fuel needs, including commercial and
military jet fuel, mining industry supplies, and home heating oil.

Valdez Refinery in Valdez, which supplies fuel to south-central Alaska, the
North Slope oil fields, and coastal communities like Kodiak and Dutch Harbor.