Gas prices / where the cheapest gas is

[Durian Fiend]

voting smarter as a precursor to this mess

Politicians don't actually control the price of gas, unless you're expecting the US military to "stabilize" Ukraine; irony there being that you're still paying for it, out of a different pocket where you can't see how much it costs.

Now, if you extend the idea of "voting" to include "personal choices", then yes, you could choose to live in a place that doesn't require so much driving.

Yes, I agree 100%

Lucky we don't live California. 

" A Chevron station in the coastal village of Mendocino about 175 miles north of San Francisco was charging $9.60 a gallon for regular on Friday afternoon.

That’s more than $3 a gallon above the state average of $6.30, and $4.78 higher than the national average of $4.82"