{"id":8258,"date":"2022-02-19T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8258"},"modified":"2022-02-18T14:16:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T21:16:42","slug":"new-record-set-california-gas-average-is-4-72-per-gallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8258","title":{"rendered":"New Record Set &#8211; California Gas Average is $4.72 per Gallon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the experts say that soon $5 a gallon is going to be a norm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/?state=CA\">Prices in California are the highest among all of the states<\/a>. The US national average is currently $3.51 a gallon. We can see the huge difference, as an example state of Nevada, current price for gallon of gas is $3.76 for regular. While in California, it is $4.70 for regular. Both urban and rural areas are seeing high gas prices. The average in San Francisco county is $4.907, and it is $4.879 in neighboring county San Mateo. In rural Mono County in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the average price is $5.587 per gallon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCalifornia is the proxy for what will happen with the energy transition,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/16\/economy\/california-record-gas-prices\/index.html\">said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service<\/a>. \u201cA number of refineries have closed permanently\u2026.Getting people away from fossil fuels might be the right thing to do, but it is not without pain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gas prices keep rising and Kloza thinks that $5 a gallon could come to California faster if the invasion of Ukraine by Russia happens. Gas taxes for California and fees are about 68 cents a gallon, while the national average is 39 cents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost states don\u2019t have those [wholesale] fees. But it is a coming attraction to a number of blue states,\u201d Kloza said. \u201cIf you want to move people away from fossil fuels, you have to start charging for carbon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: KTLA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva Some of the experts say that soon $5 a gallon is going to be a norm. Prices in California are the highest among all of the states. The US national average is currently $3.51 a gallon. 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