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California

Auggie

(33,150 posts) Wed Nov 26, 2025, 11:44 AM Nov 2025

Hardly, right?

Distribution cost alone would negate any production savings, wouldn't it? Plus, as I understand it, California gas taxes are one reason for the high prices. But there would be a benefit -- more pollution and the associated waste from refining would stay in the midwest.