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“Jack Nooney has pretty much made peace with the traffic since moving to Los Angeles five years ago, but recent soaring gas prices have certainly added another layer of insult to his daily commute. The musician and full-time grocery deli employee drives from his San Fernando Valley apartment to Santa Monica daily. While it’s just nine miles each way, with LA traffic that often equates to a whole gas-burning hour.”

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[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 month ago

I'm in the 82nd richest county in the country. It isn't gouging. It is the fact that gasoline must be shipped using ships that comply with the Jones Act because California no longer has any refineries. The rest of the country has locally-produced gasoline. California relies on ships that cross the Panama Canal to get to the west coast. It isn't cheap.