Why one California gas station is charging nearly $10 a gallon

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California gas prices are rising again, and in one remote stretch of the Central Coast, they have nearly hit $10 a gallon.

At Gorda by the Sea in Big Sur, the only gas station for miles is charging $9.99 a gallon. Leo Flores, who owns the Highway 1 station and much of the surrounding hamlet, told the Los Angeles Times that the price is not a gimmick. It is the most his pumps can display.

"The software only goes to $10," Flores told the Times.

Flores said the station, along with the rugged hamlet's market, cafe, hotel and cabins, runs on gasoline-powered generators because the area is not connected to a power grid. That helps explain why prices there are so far above the state average.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/why-one-california-gas-station-is-charging-nearly-10-a-gallon/ar-AA206QnB

[OMGWTF]

1. My first job out of high school was working at the gas station across the street.

This was January1974 (I graduated early) during the Arab Oil Embargo, and the gas pumps would only go to $.49 cents a gallon. When the price went over that he decided to sell the gas by the half gallon, which made sense to me, but you wouldn't believe the people who thought we were trying to rip them off.

[Tactical Peek]

2. Reminds me of when the price went over 99.9 cents a gallon.

The mechanical pump readings only had spaces for numbers to the right of the decimal for the price per gallon, so the dealers would just paint a "1" (or use a decal) to the left of the price display window. Before the price reached above 1.999, they had begun to use digital displays which could handle the outrageously higher prices like we have today.