On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:30:38 -0800, Charles Bishop
wrote:

In article ,
sms wrote:

A quart of name brand 5W30 is still about $2.25, and has not come down
as crude prices have fallen. I realize that crude is just a small part
of the cost of producing motor oil, but apparently it does not respond
to decreases in crude prices at all.

Soon I will have to do some 0W-20 oil changes and that costs about $6
per quart.

Your gasoline prices may have come down, but here in CA, USA, prices are
up about 30 cents on a gallon, to $3+/ gallon.

I don't know why this should be with crude down. The US has just started
shipping crude oil (of a particular type) outside the US where they
couldn't before, so a conspiracy theorist might make something of this.

CA has its own problems though since we're isolated from the national
market for part of the year.

Charles

California's problems are not because of a perceived isolation from
the national market, it's because of the left wing loons that are
elected by those who are lazy and have their hand out for free stuff.