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San Luis Obispo County gas prices fall slightly, find lowest costs

November 30, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

Despite increased demand over the Thanksging holiday, gas prices dropped  throughout the nation. The average price for a gallon of gas in San Luis Obispo County fell one cent last week to $4.75 a gallon, according to figures from AAA.

In California, the average price for a gallon of gas dropped four cents to $4.56. Nationally, gas prices fell seven cents to $3.0o a gallon.

SLO County currently has the eighth highest price for gas in the state. Listing the highest average price, Mono County’s price for a gallon of regular gasoline this week is $5.94. Yuba County boasts the lowest average cost at $4.12 a gallon.

Where in SLO County do you find the cheapest gas prices? Using data from GasBuddy, we’ve compiled a list of gas stations with cheaper prices.

Top 10 lowest priced gas stations in SLO County:

  1. San Paso Truck Stop – Paso Robles, Wellsona Road: $3.99
  2. Costco – San Luis Obispo, Froom Ranch way: $4.09
  3. Pismo Beach Gas – Pismo Beach, 4th Street: $4.09
  4. Sinclair – Arroyo Grande, Grand Avenue: $4.11
  5. Gill’s Liquor – Arroyo Grande, Grand Avenue: $4.11
  6. VP Racing Fuels – Grover Beach, Grand Avenue: $4.11
  7. Conserv Fuel – San Luis Obispo, Santa Rosa Street: $4.19
  8. Oceano Market – Oceano, Front Street: $4.29
  9. Circle K – Atascadero, El Camino Real: $4.29
  10. Fastrip Fuel & Wayside Liquors – Paso Robles, Creston Road: $4.31

 


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Keep in mind gas companies are the ones that set these prices. Sure, CA law does tell them they can only pollute so much and have costs associated with following those rules.. but gas companles could eat those costs and charge every state more or less the same; but they would rather punish you for wanting clean air and water. Corporations are not your friend and they do not have your interests in mind. Don’t be fooled.


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Unlike your argument, there is a rational explanation for the prices set by the petroleum/energy companies in California. It has a lot to do with supply, demand, reserve capacity and operating costs. Although we have plenty of our own petroleum sources in California, excessive Plantation Party regulation limits resource extraction which necessitates that California refineries (the few that remain) import oil from South America and the Middle East to meet demand. In the late 1970’s California extracted 61% of its crude oil in-state with another one third coming from Alaska. Today, we import 61% of our crude oil needs from foreign sources and get just 16% from Alaska.


Also limited in California is our refining capacity and reserve storage. In 1987 California had 37 operating refineries. Now just around 13 are operating if they aren’t offline for maintenance or repairs due to fires. Wait until next year when two more refineries are scheduled to cease operation, leaving California with just 11 refineries, only 5 of which will be large-scale operations capable of producing large quantities of transportation fuels. The margin of refinery capacity that exceeds consumer demand for fuel has been steadily shrinking in California. Soon, geopolitical forces or events such as a severe earthquake or another refinery fire may have drastic influence on fuel production and reserves. We will find ourselves facing more demand than supply, and the resultant price hikes will be steep. Perhaps we’ll even be faced with 1970’s-style oil embargo gas lines and rationing. The most populus state in the union is faced with severe energy insecurity issues, and it is mostly due to Sacramento.


The Plantation Party controlled state legislature passed ABX2-1 in October 2024 in an effort to prevent “price gouging” by requiring oil companies to maintain a minimum

inventory of fuel to avoid fuel shortages. Since then, three refineries announced they would shutter operations by the end of 2026. Everything Sacramento does to regulate energy in California seems to be divorced from energy market realities.


A new perspective25/26 could personally and selflessly help subsidize the cost of fuel at our local gas stations, but he/she would rather punish you for wanting to have mobility. The Sierra Club, Democratic Socialists, Communists, Marxists, Anarchists, and “End Oil” Environmental Watermelons are not your friends, and they do not have your interests in mind. Don’t be fooled.


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Gas prices have fallen 900%,800%,1000%, 1400%, like never seen before.


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Keep in mind gas companies are the ones that set these prices. Sure, CA law does tell them they can only pollute so much and have costs associated with following those rules… but gas companies could eat those costs and charge every state more or less the same; but they would rather punish you for wanting clean air and water. Corporations are not your friend and they do not have your interests in mind. Don’t be fooled.


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