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To: tejek who wrote (103462)	4/10/2000 4:41:00 PM
From: brushwud	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574857

> > I think it's basically because land is more expensive > > and wages are higher up north. > > Nonetheless the differential is very large, especially > considering that the gas is refined in LA. You should've said, especially considering gas is refined in the S. F. Bay Area.

To: tejek who wrote (103462)	4/10/2000 5:53:00 PM
From: pgerassi	Respond to of 1574857

Dear Tejek: When I was in the Bay area during a project, a gas station owner explained it to me. He said that there is a "Pollution Control" Tax and a "Economic Development" Tax in the Bay area. This adds about $0.25 per gallon. In my observations, he was right. Gas at that time was averaged a quarter more in the Bay area than in Sacramento just sixty miles east. And people wonder why dual and extended capacity tanks are popular in the Bay area (You can get up to 100 gallons between auxiliary and primary gasoline tanks in a Ford F150 pickup truck). Pete