While it is completely true that wars will jack up the price of gas, especially in an area with such important shipping lanes, it seems that California might have an even bigger role on the price. As said by General Holt and the others, as refineries in California shut down, it won’t matter how much oil we have shipped in, we cannot turn it into gas. I believe the war is partially being used as a distraction for the tyranny that is taking place within our own country. This needs to be addressed or else all of the West Coast will suffer, and eventually all of America.