“Jack Nooney has pretty much made peace with the traffic since moving to Los Angeles five years ago, but recent soaring gas prices have certainly added another layer of insult to his daily commute. The musician and full-time grocery deli employee drives from his San Fernando Valley apartment to Santa Monica daily. While it’s just nine miles each way, with LA traffic that often equates to a whole gas-burning hour.”

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    8 days ago

    You will soon find that if this war goes on your gas prices will come close to California’s. If your local refinery can get 80c per gallon more in California they will ship it there.

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      8 days ago

      What do you think shipping costs? They have to take it on a Jones Act compliant ship through the Panama Canal. California is getting a deal, in all honesty, after factoring the increased costs.