The San Francisco Bay Area is reported to have the highest gas prices in
the continental U.S.
Regular unleaded gas runs from $1.80 to $2.00 depending on location.
For many years the price of gas in the California central valley (inland
about 80 plus miles from the Bay Area) has been 10 to 30 cents lower than
the Bay Area. The tax structure on the gas is essentially the same
I live in Berkeley, some 10 miles south of several refineries. When that
same gas is trucked said 80 miles inland, the price drops.
Each spring the broadcast and print news media all promise investigative
reports on gas prices. After weeks of promotion they come up with some
variation of whatever the market will bear.
I've also seen adjacent town on Long Island (New York) where prices will
differ by 15 cents. Even the local residents say it is curious. I always
wonder how the higher priced stations maintain a customer base.
- George
At 07:47 PM 12/06/2000 +0000, you wrote:
currently 68.2 pence a litre. Thats about US$ 2.44 a gallon.
Giles
(Ireland)
DAVDOU9211@xxxxxxx wrote:
> What do you pay for gasoline (petrol)? We are paying $1.79/gal. here in
> San Diego! Big oil is ripping us off! And that's if you pump it
> yourself! And I drive 25,000 mi. per year in my job. I am not amused.
>
> Dave Dougherty
>
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