Gas prices are skyrocketing in California!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (226323)
Walnut Creek, California
May 12, 2025 2:11pm CST
How are gas prices where you live? Ours went way up a few months ago, but it may have been partially related to a refinery fire we had here. Then they dropped to pre-Trump levels.
But now they have jumped again to the highest levels I have seen in this incarnation.
I actually have no idea why.
Are gas prices going up where you live?
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@snowy22315 (189183)
• United States
10h
They have been up and down. The station closest to me they are 2.89. They were quite a bit higher in the city last week though whereas they are generally the same price.
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@snowy22315 (189183)
• United States
5h
@TheHorse It varies, Richmond sometimes has gas for less than here in Boonieville.
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@TheHorse (226323)
• Walnut Creek, California
5h
@snowy22315 Here, the gas prices are lower the further away I get from urban areas.
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@DaddyEvil (147769)
• United States
9h
I looked at the gas prices this morning when I went to Walmart to pick up some groceries. The pumps at Murphy's show $2.58 a gallon but the little gas station at the end of our street shows $2.70 a gallon. We've still got 1/4 tank so won't need to buy gas for a couple more weeks.
I don't pay attention to gas prices unless our tank is getting empty, about once a month or once every month and a half. We don't normally drive very much anymore. Once a week usually, (Doctor or grocery store visits are usually all we need.) It's odd when we have to make a second trip away from the house in a week.
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@DaddyEvil (147769)
• United States
4h
@TheHorse I've been out there twice and didn't like the prices. You should move back to the Midwest.
@wolfgirl569 (115834)
• Marion, Ohio
8h
They hadn't when we drove by the station Saturday
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@LooeyVille (52)
• United States
11h
They gouged us last week with the Kentucky Derby. Now they're back under $3/gal
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@TheHorse (226323)
• Walnut Creek, California
5h
@LooeyVille Did you fill up before te Derby Frenzy set in?
@xander6464 (45095)
• Wapello, Iowa
Just now
Trump keeps saying gas prices are down, so they are going to just keep going up.
@JudyEv (352980)
• Rockingham, Australia
27m
Ours have gone down to glory. I'm not sure why either unless it's something to do with the elections we've just had.
@Ineeddentures (938)
•
10h
Petrol prices in Scotland
Well it's £1.29 per litre
4.54 litres in an imperial gallon
£5.85 per gallon.
Which equates to $7.71
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