{"id":13381,"date":"2011-06-13T13:30:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=13381"},"modified":"2023-04-04T06:17:50","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T06:17:50","slug":"the-true-price-of-gasoline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2011\/06\/13\/the-true-price-of-gasoline\/","title":{"rendered":"The True Price of Gasoline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s even higher than you think<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the price of gas hovering near $4.00 per gallon (still almost a buck more than a year ago, despite the recent retreat), most Californians are already in &#8220;station shock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But what does gas actually cost?  There&#8217;s the price at the pump, sure, but what about the hidden costs of pollution in terms of health and the environment?<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Investigative Reporting takes us along on the journey that a gallon of gas makes, from oil field to gas tan, keeping a tally along the way.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/californiawatch.org\/\">California Watch<\/a>, at the Center for Investigative Reporting is a content partner of KQED and Climate Watch.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s even higher than you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[195,241,438],"coauthors":[702],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-13381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-business","tag-energy","tag-gas","tag-pollution"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - 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