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Why the Gryphonian Alliance has the highest gas prices in the world

BY TAYBO COZEE - NOVEMBER 13, 1420

The Gryphonian Alliance has long been infamous for the high cost of gasoline in the country. Just last week, the nationwide average price was χ1.90 per liter, the highest it's been in the last twenty years and far higher than any other country in Aura. 

One long term cause of this issue in the GA is inflation, as high government spending on national projects has pushed prices upward year after year. But another factor is linked to our infrastructure. Experts say that the country is becoming a "fuel island," or in other words, it's not as easy to transport gas into the GA as it used to be. Many pipelines that bring gas into the country have broken down and simply never been replaced.

Part of this is due to environmental concerns. Last year, conservation groups lobbied effectively to shut down the Atame Gorro Pipeline bringing oil westward from the coast because of the operation's negative effect on the Westwoods Wildlife Preserve that the pipeline cuts a path directly through. Another factor playing into this infrastructure decay is the difficulty of obtaining a permit to construct new pipelines. GA law requires all prefectures along the planned pipeline route to consent to the construction before it can be commenced. This has made the assembly of new pipelines considerably more difficult, especially in the light of several highly publicized lawsuits by local governments regarding the management and upkeep these oil pipelines require.

Most of the GA's fuel is shipped in or produced in-state, and both sources have proven to be more costly than transport by pipeline. Oil companies operating mines in the GA typically ask for higher prices than foreign importers. With a lack of significant competition from outside sources, these domestic companies have been free to ramp up prices without losing customers. And this trend will continue in the foreseeable future unless the federal government sees fit to take on Big Oil.

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