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I live near San Fran and I paid over $4/gallon for regular gas. That’s the same price I paid when gas was at all time highs. I know that a lot of it is taxes bu
by plank_time 6y ago
I live near San Fran and I paid over $4/gallon for regular gas. That’s the same price I paid when gas was at all time highs. I know that a lot of it is taxes but the BLS must be taking that into consideration, no?
Also electricity is at all time highs, depending on the tier and time of day I’m paying 0.50/kWh. During the pandemic this has been killing me. I can’t believe that energy prices are low at least around here.
- gruez 6y agoHere's the data for the san francisco area: https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/2021/pdf/consumerpriceindex_sanfrancisco_20210113.pdf https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/2021/pdf/consu..., dated december 2020. on page 5 it says gasoline prices are down 9.2% YOY, but electricity is up 5.9% YOY.
- mdorazio 6y agoYou’re using local price factors when BLS is looking at National ones. Outside California, things are quite different. For example, see [1]. In general, just assume that California doesn’t reflect the broader US on basically any measure. [1] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_a.htm https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_a.htm
- souprock 6y agoYou're in a different world. https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap