This Northern California gas station has the most expensive fuel in the country $6.73

[Demovictory9]

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Northern-Calfornia-Mendocino-most-expensive-gas-16220638.php

Mendocino is known for its Victorian architecture and striking setting on the bluffs of the Pacific Ocean in rural Northern California, 155 miles and three and a half hours north of San Francisco. But its beauty is not the only thing that has put Mendocino in the national spotlight in recent months. Now the small coastal town of about 1,000 people has another distinction: the most expensive gas in the entire United States.

The sole service station in the tiny pastel-hued village, Schlafer’s Auto Body & Repair, is currently charging $6.73 per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, according to the station’s owner, Judith Schlafer. According to Patrick De Haan, head of Petroleum Analysis at the travel and navigation app GasBuddy, which tracks fuel prices, that whopping per gallon figure makes Schlafer’s the single most expensive gas station in the entire country.

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When I asked whether she’s received complaints about the cost of fuel at her station, which sells Chevron fuel, she laughed with barely concealed resentment. “They say, ‘you’re ripping us off,'” she said of her customer’s criticisms. “I tell them, ‘If you want to take my seat and my helm over, you're welcome to do so.’”

Running a small town, independent gas station is “a real hard business,” said Schlafer. Because she buys in comparably small quantities compared to high-volume stations in the city or places like Costco and Safeway, the price she pays, she says, has gone “sky high.” For years, she said, she carried up to $80,000 in debt for the Chevron gasoline she was buying. “I said, ‘I can't keep going like this.’” Now she prices it to pay for a truckload in 10 days.

[SoCalDavidS]

1. Which Is It?

The sole service station in the tiny pastel-hued village.......Running a small town, independent gas station is “a real hard business,” said Schlafer. Because she buys in comparably small quantities compared to high-volume stations in the city or places like Costco and Safeway,

Are they the only gas station in town, or not?

[dsc]

2. I think she means a big city near her

Maybe San Francisco

[Klaralven]

4. There are a few about 10 miles north in Fort Bragg.

[DFW]

3. That is almost as much as we pay here

Here, it is sold by the liter, and that is around €1.58 at the moment. Multiply that by 3.7875 to get a US gallon, and then by 1.217 to get US dollars, and you get the price here, about $7.28 per US gallon. But that's pretty much nationwide here, and driving the 9000KM to San Francisco is not much of an option. The roads between Bremerhaven and Newfoundland have been washed out for a while now.

[NBachers]

5. My friend sent me a picture of Shell gas ranging from $5.50 to $5.95 here in San Francisco.

I've seen it just topping $4.00 at some lower-priced locations for regular yesterday.