Actually, I’d say the Bay Area uses too much gas. We seem to have a decent supply of refineries for the amount of gas norcal uses.The Bay Area already has too many refineries. And the gas prices are always high.
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But that high gas usage is being driven by the land use decisions made by local Democrats. You want to know why so many people burn gas while driving into SF? Go ask Mayor Feinstein, Mayor Brown, and Mayor Newsom. They’re the ones who passed the zoning laws which caused the long commutes.
But then we’d be admitting that kids in Richmond suffer asthma because chardonnay liberals are too important to live near apartment buildings.