Why is the price of gasoline so much higher on the west coast than the rest of the country?

Answer 1

farther to pump it there. most gas comes in from around New Orleans area, the coast. Gas going west is piped and trucked where gas for the east has a network of pipelines going up to NC, Ohio, Penn, etc so the trucking is a shorter distance, in turn, lower price.

distance is why west pays more and the closer you get to where the gas comes in, the cheaper it gets.

Answer 2

Plains All American Pipeline announced that is has executed an agreement to purchase Long Beach, California based Pacific Energy Partners for $2.4 billion.


ExxonMobil will provide the fuel that will in turn be furnished by super jobber Tower Energy to hundreds of 7-Eleven stores north of Florida. Tower already supplies 7-Eleven on the West Coast and is one of a number of large jobbers that ExxonMobil has offered to "back up" with unbranded product at favorable spot prices.

Answer 3

because here in California we are using a specially formulated blend of gasoline which is more "green" but also costlier then the others. California voters made this happen years ago!

Answer 4

i own a shop and the reason there saying its higher is the transportation cost to get it there,and its just another excuse there using,there isn't any reason for it being what it is right now,except for greed,their going to make every dime off if it that they can,when you mention the gas issue here in Tennessee,it really gets people pissed off,there about over it,and i guess everyone else is also ,good luck.

Answer 5

So many people, so far to drive, so much gas. Supply and demand.