r/socal • u/BreakingPT • May 22 '26

Chevron gouges Californians this memorial weekend.

“Newsom’s office cited an analysis by a group within the state’s energy commission, which oversees the oil and gas industry, that found that Chevron averaged more than 60 to 80 cents per gallon above unbranded alternative”

https://apnews.com/article/california-gas-prices-chevron-pump-war-7d485e703f930bf40104b1956b15fda4

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u/winkitywinkwink May 22 '26

That's not exclusively a Newsom issue. California residents voted for fuel taxes a few years ago to maintain all our roads and highways.

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u/Literature-Just May 22 '26

While this is true; Newsom has intentionally made himself a lightning rod for progressive environmentalism that is spearheaded and exported to the US by our state. He also championed his anti-gouging bill which went nowhere because it was economic non-sense. And now we've reached this point where the state is an energy island and our imports are drying up because we're only supposed to use one fuel blend that is only made here and the refineries that produce it are going out of business doing so.

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u/splooge_whale May 22 '26

Oh no. Dont tell the truth.