Gas Dreams In California

As it’s showing right now over on gasbuddy.com, the top ten most expensive cities to buy gas in the United States are all in California (no surprise). And a few more past that, too. I think it’s at sixteen where there’s a break to some other place in the US.

What boggles my mind, though, is that four of the top six are in the central valley (Fresno, Stockton, Modesto, Bakersfield. I suppose you could also include Sacramento, but I prefer not to.) What is the reason for that? I mean, I get that California is going to be more expensive than just about everywhere else, fighting with Alaska and Hawaii for holding the daily top position — a lot of the California costs having to do with clean air taxes — but why specifically in the central valley are the prices higher? I don’t know.

I’m also unsure as to whether or not I actually care. Sure, more and more folks are complaining, but I haven’t a real reason to complain about the price of gas. I hope it gets into the $6 per gallon region. That’d be interesting to watch.

Now I just have to fix my bicycle. It stopped working Saturday, so I had to leave it where I left it, and now I’m worried it won’t be there when I return for it. The question, though, is how to get it home so I can make the repairs. We’ll have to see how it goes.

Gas Dreams In California was first posted to justinll.com on June 9, 2008.