By Evaristo Lara
Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, anticipates that the price of gasoline will continue to be high in California due to the adjustment that Democrats made to the state law to promote the use of renewable energy to the detriment of the use of fossil fuels.
During an interview with the television network Fox Datathe 69-year-old Republican ruled out that the rise in fuel prices did not derive entirely from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the negative consequences that this has produced in a large part of the world’s economies.
“Gas prices vary across the country largely due to state policies and taxes, not underlying fundamental factors,” he said.
Regarding the “Golden State,” Burgum blamed the administration headed by Democrat Gavin Newsom for having modified the law to make gasoline more expensive as a way to boost electric vehicles, which ultimately proved counterproductive for the majority of Californians, since it is also the state with the highest average gas consumption nationwide.
“Prices are going to be high. You can thank California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state legislature for the policies they implemented. “That has nothing to do with the Strait of Hormuz,” he stressed.
According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), a statistical and analytical agency in the Department of Energy, several factors influence fuel prices in California to be higher compared to the rest of the nation.
In fact, the entity with the largest population in the entire country also has the highest gasoline taxes and to this is added the limited number of refineries it has.
According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), this Saturday, gasoline prices reached a national average of just over $4 per gallon. Meanwhile, in California, it was sold for $5.75 dollars, this compared to the $4.65 dollars that its inhabitants paid a year ago.
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