Quick tip about gas station choice: look at the pavement. If the pavement of the gas station is old, cracked, and worn that means the underground storage tanks haven’t been dug up and replaced in a long time. Older tanks have a higher chance of rust, sediment, moisture infiltration, etc.
You mean the gas station that’s consistently the most expensive around? Yeah, that’s not gonna be difficult.
Would you say Chevron is… locked?
But I was assured by Xavier Becerra that they’re not the bad guys. I feel like I’m getting mixed messages here.
No worries I always avoid chevron because of high prices
That and I always feel like I have to fill up sooner off their gas compared to, say, Costco or Arco. I don’t trust their detergent mix isn’t just diluting the gasoline.
Isn’t that something the controls they go through would test? (actually asking, I have no idea)
I mean, I know there is a legal standard to meet; that doesn’t mean they obey the law tho. Big companies, especially oil companies, get away with a lot of illegal bullshit.
He signed a law in 2023 allowing the state’s energy commission to penalize oil companies for excess profits, declaring the state had “finally beat big oil.” But regulators voted last year to hold off on plans to penalize businesses until 2030 and prioritize other efforts to protect consumers at the pump.
The postponement came after two oil refineries that accounted for roughly 18% of the state’s refining capacity announced their plans to close, reigniting debate over the price impacts of the state’s ambitious climate policies.
Newsom signed another law in 2024 giving the commission the authority to require refineries to keep a certain amount of fuel on hand. The goal is to try to keep prices from increasing suddenly when refineries go offline for maintenance. But that regulation has also stalled.
