Gas prices are skyrocketing in California!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (227732)
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 (191184)
• United States
12 May
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 (191184)
• United States
13 May
@TheHorse It varies, Richmond sometimes has gas for less than here in Boonieville.
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@TheHorse (227732)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 May
@snowy22315 Here, the gas prices are lower the further away I get from urban areas.
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@DaddyEvil (151006)
• United States
12 May
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 (151006)
• United States
13 May
@TheHorse I've been out there twice and didn't like the prices. You should move back to the Midwest.
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@TheHorse (227732)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 May
@DaddyEvil I do think of retiring in the Midwest.
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@Ineeddentures (4682)
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12 May
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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@Ineeddentures (4682)
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13 May
@TheHorse
No.
Sadly not.
Everything worth exploring is at least 100 miles from where we live.
I average about 1000 miles per month motoring so at £6 a gallon it's quite a lot of money
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@TheHorse (227732)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 May
@Ineeddentures Yeah, that's a big chunk of change.
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@ptrikha_2 (48035)
• India
18 May
Here, the Gas Prices are artificially more because of State and Central Taxes.
This is in some ways a policy decision to make people move more towards Electric vehicles, Hybrid and CNG ones (Compressed Natural Gas).
If more taxes have been added to Gas Prices in your place, that could be the reason for the higher prices.
However, otherwise it should not be the case since the International Oil Prices are subdued and even below 65 USD per Barrel.
Crude Oil decreased 9.23 USD/BBL or 12.87% since the beginning of 2025, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Crude Oil - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on May of
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@ptrikha_2 (48035)
• India
18 May
@TheHorse
Do you like Geo Politics plus Economics Talk or you find that boring?
@xander6464 (45198)
• Wapello, Iowa
13 May
Trump keeps saying gas prices are down, so they are going to just keep going up.
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@wolfgirl569 (117738)
• Marion, Ohio
12 May
They hadn't when we drove by the station Saturday
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@JudyEv (356254)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 May
@TheHorse We were happy with the outcome. It's interesting. Australia has long been a mostly two-party contest but now more and more 'Independent' candidates are being elected who aren't obliged to support one party or the other. It keeps the others honest, is mostly how we view the Independents.
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@LindaOHio (191505)
• United States
13 May
I forgot to look when I was out last week. Love the turkey.
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@TheHorse (227732)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 May
@LindaOHio Yep. Turkeys like the "West Coast."
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@LindaOHio (191505)
• United States
14 May
@TheHorse The first wildlife we saw when we entered Oregon was a turkey in someone's driveway...just like this one.
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