Oh, yeah last week I could see many locations still below $5.00

Now there’s only one left

wow, $3.29 at costco here in georgia

I don’t know exactly why but Washington state gas is crazy high. Normal is $4.50 since ~ 2019. How come we can’t get cheap gas? Doesn’t matter now. Soon you’ll have $5 gas and we’ll have $7 gas. I want to see us go full Europe…$10 gas!

Washington, similar to Cali, has a lot more gas tax built into our prices which is why they’re higher than most states. I think like .55/gal is taxes alone.

That’s true yes, but potentially even more impactful is that the Pacific coast of the USA is essentially independent of the rest of the country’s petroleum production and distribution. The Sierras and Cascades historically made overland distribution difficult and expensive, and maritime distribution from elsewhere in the country is also difficult because of geography (gotta do Panama canal or a long haul around South America). Because of these realities, petroleum extraction, refining and distribution in the west developed seperately and even today operate mostly independently - while technical solutions are now plausible, regulatory issues and moneyed interests that prefer the status quo continue to prevent development.