October 8, 2012 - 2:57 pm
May this episode serve as a case lesson for big government types everywhere.
California wholesale gasoline prices eased as much as 12 percent Monday after Gov. Jerry Brown ordered the state’s Air Resource Board to permit refineries to sell winter-blend supplies.
Prices for summer blend gas had soared well above $4.09 a gallon at wholesale and above $5 at retail stations due to problems at three refineries that process summer-blend gas, which emit fewer pollutants than winter-blend.
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Shifting California to winter-blend also could lead to greater supply from out-of-state refiners, said Stanley Young, a representative for the Air Resource Board. The increase in supply could lead to a drop of as much as 50 cents a gallon at the pump very quickly.
– want to be recalled.
Supply and demand works every time it’s tried. California voters, please try to remember this.
The hilarious part was in his statement, he said something to the effect that the effect on air quality would be minimal.
Hey Gov, if that’s so, than why the regs in the first place?
To compensate, refried beans will be banned for the next 21 days.
Now that they figured out what to do, expect new regulations for tacos and cow fart.
It is funny however to see what prevails when The Wohn’s reelection colludes with “green principles”.
I heard Brown was made rich in the Indonesian oil business. And with the government taking 67% of every gallon of gas from Californians, I would think both are making some nice cash.
– vehicles being abandoned by the roadside by illegals had been noted by the highway patrol.
Greetings:
I still don’t understand why all those Californians couldn’t just hop on Governor Brown’s bullet train.
They won’t see it as a lesson but as a justification — because it’s not a bug, it’s a feature: “If we didn’t have all this power in the first place we wouldn’t be able to be seen using it to fix problems like this.”
Reality Bites
Welcome to the real world, Jer – you pathetic stooge.
There’s a teachable moment here.
The Left almost pathologically refuses to acknowledge the cost of regulations.
Now we know at least this one. Fifty cents a gallon.
Gas station owners should be allowed to show this in their pricing, along with the taxes they collect. Did I say allowed? Required. Show us all, at all times, how much the government adds to the price of a gallon of gas.
Transparency.