Any Cali Members have any input on this?

[Gogogordy]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

You asked for input. Have you driven on our freeways? Widening is proven not to work.

Maybe more people will move closer to work. Maybe more people will change their choice in vehicle. This is what it takes, unfortunately.

Well, they can charge it, because in California driving lotsa miles, in WHATEVER size vehicle you wish is considered a god-given right. If 30% of the motorists in California did NOT purchase gas for say 24 hrs, the price would drop. Dramatically. Unfortunately, nobody seems willing to do so.

If fewer people drove trucks and Suburbans etc., and more people drove smaller cars....28, 30, 35 mpg vehicles or scooters and motorcycles the price would drop. Few Californians seem willing to do so.

So, since people, lots of people are willing to buy gas to feed their large vehicles, and continue long commutes, the oil companies are going to take any and every opportunity to gouge them, and laugh all the way to the bank in the process.
So as long as the market will bear it, they'll continue to pay. Reduce the overall demand and the price goes down.

Econ 101.