Two Screen-Shots Taken Today -- California And Oklahoma Gasoline Prices -- January 7, 2015

First California (a dynamic site), $5.00 gasoline (you have got to be kidding):

It should be noted that gasoline rose 10 cents a gallon on the first of the year (2015) due to "cap and trade program." This was on top of already high prices due to other regulations.

For those who don't know California, two data points:

• ARCO is generally the least expensive, taking ONLY cash or their own company credit card; and,
• Torrance, Long Beach, Pomona are not isolated, remote communities; they are part of the sprawling urban Los Angeles metropolis

By the way, groceries were generally 50% high at the neighborhood Ralphs that we shopped at in San Pedro, California, compared to what I pay at our "high-cost" grocery store in our Dallas-Ft Worth neighborhood. The 50% is not an exaggeration; I posted specific examples in an earlier post. The most amazing: fresh broccoli here in Dallas, 79 cents/pound; in California, $1.79/pound. Those little Yoplait yogurts? 70 cents in San Pedro versus 50 cents in Dallas area (70 - 50/50 = 40%).

Now, Oklahoma (a dynamic link):

We averaged about $2.79 (before the 10-cent increase) while in southern California over the holidays. The least we paid was $1.87 in Gallup, New Mexico, on the way home.

Before you all write complaining that I'm misleading you on the gasoline prices, yes, I know I am comparing apples with oranges: highest price vs lowest price. I could write more on that, but time to move on.