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Why gas is $6 a gallon in California, even as prices fall elsewhere (cnn.com)
3 points by MilnerRoute on March 24, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> A major factor in the current price surge is an unscheduled outage at a major refinery in Torrance, California three weeks ago, which made an already tight market for gasoline that much tighter, said Doug Shupe, spokesperson for the Auto Club of Southern California.

Enron had fun with spiking electricity prices by shutting down power plants, didn’t they?




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