{"id":51800,"date":"2015-07-21T04:10:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T10:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/21\/why-are-californias-gasoline-prices-so-high.html"},"modified":"2015-07-25T11:53:24","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T17:53:24","slug":"why-are-californias-gasoline-prices-so-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/21\/why-are-californias-gasoline-prices-so-high.html","title":{"rendered":"Why are California&#8217;s gasoline prices so high?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Popular wisdom&quot; aside, it&#39;s not just because of the state&#39;s particularly stringent gasoline formulation rules, but because of price manipulation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Boing Boing<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>California&#39;s rising gas prices result from a grossly manipulated fuel marketplace <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/07\/20\/californias-rapidly-rising-g.html\">http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2015\/07\/20\/californias-rapidly-rising-g.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/104253774537638039236\/albums\/6173687633135327649\/6173687635037722082'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-g9w264uYLBE\/Va1YMcilFeI\/AAAAAAABr-c\/W7V7_iiOzWM\/f8a381cc-2378-4711-8fc1-4cab8ddb6b0c?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/bhjgVi1YzLj'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Popular wisdom&quot; aside, it&#39;s not just because of the state&#39;s particularly stringent gasoline formulation rules, but because of price manipulation. 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