Cali gas prices do the same thing every spring. There is a gas blend that reduces the amount of evaporation due to higher outside temps that is required. Costs about 12 cents a gallon but everyone involved in the chain sees an opportunity to cash in and it goes up about a buck. Usually stabilizes after Easter and falls back down. Gas taxes are high here but the gas here is the highest standard to keep the air clean. Expensive? Yes. Worth it to live in Cali? Yes. Every year it is timed right when I see all my friends in Chicago digging out of an April snow storm.
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