Drivers across Northern California are getting hammered at the pump as gas prices surge across the Bay Area.
New data from AAA shows every county in the region now averaging more than $5 per gallon, turning routine fill-ups into painful wallet hits.
At roughly $5.50 per gallon, drivers filling up a 27-gallon SUV tank can expect to pay around $148 to $150 for a full tank.
Even smaller vehicles aren’t escaping the squeeze. Filling a 15-gallon sedan now costs roughly $80 to $85.
At a Chevron station in Menlo Park, motorists reported prices climbing even higher — above $7 per gallon.
“Can it be worse? I don’t know if it can,” one driver told KRON-TV. “Moving to California a couple years ago, it’s the craziest it’s been.”
Another motorist reacting to a nearly $150 fill-up put it bluntly: “That’s ridiculous, man. I can’t.”
AAA’s latest county averages show some of the steepest prices clustered around San Francisco and Silicon Valley:
• Marin County: about $5.53 per gallon
• San Francisco County: about $5.53 per gallon
• San Mateo County: roughly $5.54 per gallon
• Santa Clara County: about $5.53 per gallon
• Alameda County: about $5.37 per gallon
• Contra Costa County: about $5.40 per gallon
Statewide, the average price recently climbed to about $5.29 per gallon, far higher than the national average of roughly $3.63, according to AAA.
Energy analysts say the spike is being driven by several factors, including rising global oil prices, refinery constraints, and California’s specialized fuel standards, which often cause price swings in the state to be sharper than elsewhere in the country.
More over at The New York Post:
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