When I first arrived in Los Angeles, California a year ago I noticed many differences between my home coast back east. Although I wasn’t doing much driving I did notice the high gas prices at a time when gas was relatively low. I had long thought that New York City was the Mecca for exaggerated gas prices.
It took time and several conversations later before I found out why California’s gas prices were so much higher, about 63-90 cents more than the national average. California’s gas is different than what is used in the rest of the United States. California’s gas is known as a “special blend”. The state has the strictest gas standard’s, in the country which thus results in the use of some of the cleanest gas in the world.
In Los Angeles, the largest and most populous city in California, smog was once a serious issue. During World War II the air quality was so poor that it was suspected that the Japanese had perpetrated a chemical attack. Something had to be done to combat the pollution and thus gas regulations began to stricken.
So what is so special about California’s “special blend”? California uses reformulated gasoline to reduce smog-forming particulates and pollutants and combat damage to the ozone. Refineries have to use a specialized process to make this oxygenated blend, and only 12 refineries are able to make California-approved gas within the state. This “special blend” releases less emissions and has helped reduced the smog in Los Angeles by 40 percent in comparison to what it was during the 1970s as well as contributed to the high gas prices.
If this gasoline is such a healthier blend, many have begun to question why it isn’t used
throughout the country? For the simple reason that this “special blend” is more expensive to produce. And to expect large oil conglomerates to change to meet strict regulations is simply too much for the federal government to ask for. As in many other instances, money and the drive acquire more is the source. Stay curious.
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