California had the highest gas prices in the country on Friday, with the average price per gallon at $5.878, according to AAA. Why is it so high?
A Chevron gas station in Menlo Park, Calif., was charging a stunning $7.29 a gallon on Wednesday. The station is known for prices that usually run higher than those of other stations in the area. When gas prices soar, which they have been done in the US and especially California recently, photographs of the station in the heart of the Silicon Valley often become a symbol of what Californians are paying at the pump.
. “Russia was a large producer of crude oil and their removal caused prices of crude oil to climb quickly. This combination of increased demand and increased oil price led to those record gas prices.” Gas prices usually climb in summer across the country due to increased demand from summer travel and the higher cost of the summer blend of gas required by the Environmental Protection Agency, which burns cleaner, Treanor said.
tried to pose that question to a man sitting behind the counter on Wednesday. “I don’t have time to talk right now,” he said. found that other nearby stations were charging generally a dollar less.
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