This article discusses the shocking rise of California's gas prices and how inhabitants of California are trying to cope with the change. The author of the article, Ian Lovett, provides evidence for the rapid increase of gas prices. Last Thursday, gas prices rose 20 cents and continue to rise throughout the weekend. Governor Brown, interviewed by Lovett, expressed the difficulty with a solution for the change in gas prices. California, a very industrialist state, has two separate "blends" for gas, a winter blend and a summer blend. Overall, California has strict environmental restrictions on gas due to smog and pollution. Despite the summer blend gas being better for the air quality and the environment, the winter blend would stop the rise in gas prices. Governor Brown is faced with a tough decision on whether to switch to an environmentally hazard gas or stay with the expensive gas.
Lovett, in my opinion, appeased the citizens of California by quoting several emotional gas buyers. Not one quotation was a positive statement. In fact, many of the people in the article used proclamations such as "Consumers in California are getting killed." Overall, Lovett used a pathos approach for his quotations along with a logos method to support his research.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/us/jerry-brown-moves-to-reduce-gas-prices-in-california.html?_r=0
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