Locator: 50577CALIFORNIA.
AI prompt: RBN Energy posted a textbook long (hyperbole; it was only a page or so) analysis of transportation fuel issue in California. Takes forever to read and impossible to really get feel for what's going on in California, except that it's bad Succinctly, how is California doing with current oil situation and the Mideast War?
Reply:
Me: the transportation costs in California are out of control. Not only are prices per gallon high, commute distances are insane. And in southern California, even if the distance is not that long in miles, the traffic makes a one-hour commute (each way) seem normal and acceptable. In Los Angeles County, not unusual to drive two hours from the valley into work.
The amazing thing: this has been going on for decades. It began during the OPEC crisis / embargo in 1973. I had just moved from the Dakotas to southern California where I was to spend the next decade of my life, and would still love to be there except for the taxes, the transportation issues, the politics (Pelosi, Newsom, Steyer and Kamala), and, The Los Angeles Times.
