Winner winner chicken dinner! You Californians now get to spend a small fortune to afford that 45-minute commute through SoCal traffic to get to the job you hate:
Gas prices in California have hit a new all-time high for the second day in a row, according to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA), with fuel costs continuing to surge across the country.
On Monday, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded in the nation's most populous state hit $4.682—up from Sunday's $4.676 average, which broke a record set in October 2012.
In contrast, the U.S. average for regular gasoline prices stood at $3.415 per gallon on Monday.
A big factor driving the Californian price surge, other than socialist policies that have destroyed the state over 30 years, is a "supply crunch" at the state's refineries.
By the way, the "$4.682" is an average, but places in the state are seeing almost DOUBLE that.
I really enjoyed that period between 2016 and 2020 when we had an excess of cheap gas, lowering emissions due to reliance on American energy over OPEC oil, and a robust energy sector that employed tens of thousands of Americas.
I guess the mean tweets weren't worth it...
AAA spokesperson Doug Shupe, meanwhile, said that gasoline prices are surging in part due to demand from the COVID-19 pandemic and an uptick in post-summer vacation travel.
"Drivers are paying $1.50 more per gallon than a year ago. It means the person who has the typical midsize sedan with a 14-gallon-size fuel tank, they're paying $21 more to fill up that tank today than last year," Shupe told CNN.
Of course, most people still don't understand that this is literally part of the leftist plan.
