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Gas Price Average Soars to Over $6 in California Counties

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HANNAH BLEAU

10 May 20220

3:51

The national gas price average hit a new record high in the U.S. on Tuesday, with counties in blue California seeing average prices well over $6 per gallon.

The national gas price average reached a record high Tuesday at $4.374 per gallon for regular gasoline, according to AAA. That reflects a 26 cent increase over the last month.

In comparison, one year ago, the national gas price average stood at $2.967, but it has continued to skyrocket over the course of Biden’s presidency. 

As of Tuesday, the mid-grade gas average stood at $4.724 and premium stood at $5.011. Diesel has skyrocketed as well, seeing an average of $5.550 — well over $2.00 more than it was one year ago. 

Some states are experiencing worse prices than others. In blue California, for instance, the statewide gas price average is $5.841. However, the average is over $6.00 in a handful of Golden State counties, including San Luis Obispo ($6.042), San Mateo ($6.045), San Francisco ($6.043), Marin ($6.054), Sonoma ($6.016), Humboldt ($6.220), Del Norte ($6.132), Inyo ($6.089), and Mono ($6.617). 

The overall gas price average for diesel in California is over $1.00 more than the national average, standing at $6.512.

Other states seeing an average higher than the national figure include Alaska ($4.772), Arizona ($4.669), Nevada ($5.125), Utah ($4.493), Idaho ($4.484), Oregon ($4.851), Washington ($4.871), Illinois ($4.693), Maryland ($4.414), Delaware ($4.404). Pennsylvania ($4.541), New York ($4.569). New Jersey ($4.490), Massachusetts ($4.427), Vermont ($4.439), and Maine ($4.401). 

Missouri is reporting the lowest state average, coming in at $3.933 as of Tuesday.

This trend spells trouble for Democrats as they head into the midterm elections, as many Americans blame Democrat leadership and President Biden himself for rising gas prices, as he stifled American energy production on day one.

Democrats, however, are in denial — publicly, at least — blaming oil and gas companies, as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, for the rise in prices, even though it was on the rise far before the invasion.

“No. I don’t think the public is blaming Democrats,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)) told reporters last month.

“I think they’re blaming oil companies. They will blame all of us if we don’t do something about the fossil fuel industry,” she added.

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Biden has also failed to take responsibility for the current state of affairs, telling reporters on Tuesday that, “I think our policies help. Not hurt.”

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ANY POL TALK ABOUT AMERICA’S HOMELESS? Nope! It’s only amnesty, amnesty, amnesty…. keep them coming to keep wages depressed!

The City by the Bay’s homelessness problem is profound even for California, where as much as 30 percent of the country’s homeless live.

https://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2019/03/california-in-meltdown-tent-city-by-bay.html

Illegal aliens continue overwhelming the state, draining California’s already depleted public services while endangering our lives, the rule of law, and public safety for all citizens. Arthur Schaper

 

The costs of illegal immigration are being carefully hidden by Democrats. MONICA SHOWALTER

The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates that California spends $22 billion on government services for illegal aliens, including welfare, education, Medicaid, and criminal justice system costs.  STEVEN BALDWIN

CALIFORNIA IN MELTDOWN:

WORST LOWER EDUCATION SCHOOLS IN THE NATION

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"The public schools indoctrinate their young charges to hate this country and the rule of law. Illegal aliens continue overwhelming the state, draining California’s already depleted public services while endangering our lives, the rule of law, and public safety for all citizens."

Least-Educated State: California No. 1 in Percentage of Residents 25 and Older Who Never Finished 9th Grade; No. 50 in High School Graduates TERENCE P. JEFFREY

California’s public education system, once the envy of the world, now ranks 49th in the nation.  ROBERT J. CRISTANO 

Pollak: Educating Illegal Aliens and Their Children Costs L.A. Schools Hundreds of Millions Per Year. Steven A. Camarota, director of research, at the Center for Immigration Studies, told Breitbart News on Friday that “between one-fifth and one-fourth of the students in LAUSD are the children of illegal immigrants — though most of those were born in the U.S.” He said that a smaller percentage of the students (“in the single digits”) are illegal immigrants themselves. Robyn Beck 

Report: 1 in 4 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in San Francisco Out of Order

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JOEL B. POLLAK

8 May 20220

2:45

One in four public electric vehicle charging stations in the San Francisco Bay Area does not work, according to a new study.

The report, produced by David Rempel of the University of California at Berkeley, suggested that while California — especially the Bay Area — is trying to make the shift to electric vehicles in a hurry, the current infrastructure is not ready.

The study notes:

In order to achieve a rapid transition to electric vehicle driving, a highly reliable and easy to use charging infrastructure is critical to building confidence as consumers shift from using familiar gas vehicles to unfamiliar electric vehicles (EV). …
This study evaluated the functionality of the charging system for 657 EVSE (electric vehicle service equipment) CCS connectors (combined charging system) on all 181 open, public DCFC (direct current fast chargers) charging stations in the Greater Bay Area. An EVSE was evaluated as functional if it charged an EV for 2 minutes or was charging an EV at the time the station was evaluated. Overall, 72.5% of the 657 EVSEs were functional. The cable was too short to reach the EV inlet for 4.9% of the EVSEs. Causes of 22.7% of EVSEs that were non-functioning were unresponsive or unavailable screens, payment system failures, charge initiation failures, network failures, or broken connectors.

The San Francisco Chronicle, reporting on the study results, notes that it did not include Tesla vehicle charging stations in its survey, since those are only usable to drivers who own Tesla vehicles.

In 2020, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that California would ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles starting in 2035, hoping to make an impact on climate change — though the state’s emissions are a tiny fraction of rising global emissions, which are driven largely by China today.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. His recent book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.