Question: Why is the price of gas much higher in California and the northeast than in middle America? click on this link for a map of the US gas prices: http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/04/25/a_us_gas_map.html

Answer: California is special because they have different government regulations for gas in that state.\n\nThey require a special reformulated gas that can only be supplied in-state.  This gas is typically 15 cents more expensive to make.  Also, CA has one of the highest state taxes on gas.
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