In a week when the American public was expected to thrill to an alleged 7.8 percent unemployment rate, another number was making headlines and causing headaches. Gas prices in California reached an all-time record Saturday: an average of $4.614 a gallon.
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Gas in downtown LA going for a crazy $5.49 a gallon! wow! AAA claims prices going higher. Gas record will shatter. pic.twitter.com/9Iq5Q0Ew
— Antonio Castelan (@CastelanHCA) October 6, 2012
@AntonioNBCLA Why only in California?
— karen woods (@karenspider) October 6, 2012
@karenspider gas experts say its because the mandatory gas blend we need to use for pollution standards. The fuel we use is more earth frien
— Antonio Castelan (@CastelanHCA) October 6, 2012
We’re not sure if this next image is Photoshopped, but the numbers hold up.
another email tip —> http://t.co/Ks3ftmdb
— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) October 6, 2012
When gas prices rose to around $4 a gallon in mid-2008, then-Sen. Obama declared high gas prices “a huge problem, bordering on a crisis” to most Americans and blamed the failed energy policies of previous administrations. About that hope and change…
California gas prices near $6 PER GALLON. RT if Obama's energy policies have miserably failed! http://t.co/f8xF8G1c #WelcomeBackCarter
— Team RightChange (@rightchange2016) October 6, 2012
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Friend just bought gas in California for $5.12 a gallon. That's the price of giant subsidies to inadequate "green technology."
— Todd Wilson (@TDubb) October 6, 2012
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The Los Angeles Times asks if record-high gas prices mean it’s time to switch to a hybrid or electric car.
Does $5 gas = buy a hybrid or electric car? http://t.co/KKW0erj0
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) October 6, 2012
Others are considering a different switch.
No. It = *firing Obama* MT @latimes: Does $5 gas = buy a hybrid or electric car? http://t.co/eRotmQpJ
— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) October 6, 2012
Could the solution be Obama Gas to go with your Obama Phone?
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/254714372809695232
@BuzzFeedAndrew OBAMA PUMP!
— Detroit4lyfe (@Detroit4lyfe) October 6, 2012
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