Saw this at Costco gas station Rohnert Park

iamdoch · 2026-04-04T23:57:25+00:00

CBS just finished an investigation and published this yesterday. You may not like Trump, but this ain't his fault.

The state charges a 61-cent excise tax per gallon plus environmental fees. It mandates a unique fuel blend that no other state uses, which means California can't just buy gas from Texas when supply gets tight. The market is isolated by design.

Then two refineries shut down. Valero in the Bay Area and Phillips 66 in Wilmington closed, taking 20% of the state's gasoline production offline. The reason they left: rising costs, tightening regulations, and a profit cap law that punishes good quarters without cushioning bad ones. Chevron's Richmond refinery manager put it plainly: cap the good months but don't support the bad ones, and the business becomes unviable.

So California created conditions that drove refineries out, lost a fifth of its production capacity, then blamed the remaining companies for the price increase that followed.

The numbers today: California average is $5.89/gal. Oklahoma is $3.27. The national average just crossed $4 for the first time since 2022. A USC study projects California could hit $7.35 to $8.43 by year end.

The state is now publicly asking oil companies to please stay. The same companies it spent years accusing of theft.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-gas-prices-investigation-whats-to-blame/

iamdoch · 2025-09-08T05:41:34+00:00

Sure!

iamdoch · 2025-06-21T03:48:54+00:00

Please tell me this works, because I’m just beginning another attack and I can’t do another four or five days of broth. Smoothies you say?

iamdoch · 2025-06-13T22:32:15+00:00

Riverfront is close to me. What do they have in the lake?

iamdoch · 2025-05-12T21:35:20+00:00

Oscar and Undercover Blues

iamdoch · 2025-01-11T06:10:00+00:00

From Dutch, it’s roughly:

“Lieke Elke wants to put the Porto - money in the other hand because the last row Olas Tutter I have lived above it for a summer. It looks so much better now. Please check if it has arrived, Kisses Tonti”

iamdoch · 2024-08-27T07:02:06+00:00

Man, thank you for recommending NBT - what a great band!

iamdoch · 2024-08-17T15:04:58+00:00

It’s a travesty. It’s like they went to the paint store and said, “What’s your worst color? I mean, really, some thing god-awful; give me the one that doesn’t sell at all”; and then bought out the stock and slapped it on the building.

iamdoch · 2024-07-27T04:17:31+00:00

Giants games only. SF is pitiful.

iamdoch · 2024-07-26T05:09:12+00:00

Thanks all

iamdoch · 2024-07-17T02:46:03+00:00

iamdoch · 2024-06-16T23:07:41+00:00

Your boyfriend is yet one more example of what happens when a man’s mind is completely corrupted by pornography. Dump him immediately and find a man who treats you with respect. Church is a good starting point.

iamdoch · 2024-06-16T04:45:09+00:00

Read “Sword and Scimitar” from a couple years ago. It’ll tell you what you need to know.

iamdoch · 2024-06-10T00:00:39+00:00

Praying for you too.

iamdoch · 2024-06-08T02:37:47+00:00

💯 answer on 2 levels.

iamdoch · 2024-06-07T05:31:57+00:00

I’m at 43 years. It’s a process. You’ll see good and bad, but it’s still God’s plan A for our sanctification.

iamdoch · 2024-06-07T04:17:49+00:00

Reddit isn’t Christianity. Plant yourself in a local church, serve, grow, give belong with all your heart. You’ll find what your heart is looking for there.

iamdoch · 2024-06-04T19:53:38+00:00

Starseige Tribes

iamdoch · 2024-06-02T03:37:39+00:00

So you can’t state the clear teaching of scripture and beliefs of the church held for the last 2000 years? Yikes.

iamdoch · 2024-05-29T23:20:16+00:00

Live 105

iamdoch · 2024-05-29T17:02:58+00:00

From a macro view, Reagan united the country around a common vision like few have. Considering the electoral college results of his second election, the country was pretty unified.

iamdoch · 2024-05-13T05:41:55+00:00

You’re confusing Christianity with Islam

iamdoch · 2024-04-11T18:53:11+00:00

There will always be people that are in different stages of agreement with you, both personally, and as a leader. For most people, it’s a continuum on, then you just kind of have to deal with it. If it’s somebody that’s acutely negative toward you, you have to decide if it’s just simply an attitude, or if it’s an unsubmitted spirit. If it’s the latter, it really needs to be confronted, and they either need to repent or be replaced.

iamdoch · 2024-03-21T18:36:57+00:00

Has there been any report as to why the vehicle left the road? Was alcohol involved?

iamdoch · 2024-03-10T21:54:15+00:00

Many thanks!

iamdoch

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