Driving This Weekend?

AAA tells us that 48,000,000 Americans will be driving 50 miles or more this Memorial Day weekend.

One big reason is because our Nation's average gasoline prices are at a 15 year low, at $3.179 a gallon.

But Californians likely won't be among those 48 million.  They simply cannot afford it.  

That's because our gas prices average $5.883 a gallon.  Or, close to TWICE as much.  BTW, gas costs upwards of $7.584 a gallon in San Bernardino County, and more than $8.00 up north. 

A big part of that enormous difference is California's decision to charge $0.69 cents a gallon in State taxes.  The very HIGHEST in the entire Nation.  BTW, gas taxes are $0.10 cents a gallon in Mississippi.  And CA's decision to add on another $0.65 cents a gallon in the near future will surely cause even more pain.  

I guess the State needs the money more than we do.

And we're also told that 2 of our 9 gasoline refinery plants will be shut down in the near future.  Addinig as much as $1.00 a gallon more.  Valero will be ceasing operations at its Benecia location, just north of San Francisco.  It noticed us that it may also be shutting down its Wilmington plant in response to CA's untenable anti-energy policies.

(You WILL buy an electric car!)  

And Phillips said it will cease operations at its enormous Los Angeles plant during the 4th Quarter of 2025.   

Apparently our BoyGuv ("Hairgod") Newsom figured he could continue beating up on our refineries and they wouldn't do anything about it.

He was wrong. 

Now he's pulling out all the stops in an effort to try and convince our refiners to forgive and forget.  They won't, and they aren't. 

You should know that 75% of CA's petroleum is coming in from Canada and other countries.  That's because CA refuses to permit extraction of its own gas and oil from either the San Joaquin or the Monterey Basins.  The GIS Survey tells us they both contain more than enough reserves to supply the entire State well into the future.  And that's not counting our 12 large natural gas reserves.  

If we were permitted to use them.

There are some 41,000,000 souls in California.  Not counting all the millions of illegal aliens.  They all have cars, and they all have to buy gas.  And nobody can afford to pay $100.00 to gas up their cars.   

That's why so many are choosing to vacate the State for greener pastures.  And almost any pastures are greener.  More than 1,000,000 of our citizens have elected to move.  With the highest income taxes in the Nation, and the highest property prices in the Nation, and the highest gas prices in the Nation, our pretty weather is no longer enough to keep many of our people here.

After all, what's weather worth?

Enjoy your Memorial Day vacations, America!  BTW, gas prices in Mississsippi are now at $1.99 a gallon...