California leaders report four to six weeks worth of gasoline and diesel supply

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Post by cdrnsf » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC

California leaders report four to six weeks worth of gasoline and diesel supply
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Post by htx80nerd » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC

Governments have gotten in the bad habit of acting like nothing will ever go wrong. Living paycheck-to-paycheck, so to speak. Cali not the only one suffering this fate. It doesnt matter if it's Trump's fault or not. Lets just say it is. Bad things happen. You have to be ready.

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Post by baggy_trough » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:25 PM UTC

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Post by Teever » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC

htx80nerd wrote: post #2

Governments have gotten in the bad habit of acting like nothing will ever go wrong. Living paycheck-to-paycheck, so to speak. Cali not the only one suffering this fate. It doesnt matter if it's Trump's fault or not. Lets just say it is. Bad things happen. You have to be ready.

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Post by iqihs » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC

the entire economy of California being dependent on how Iran is feeling on a given day is crazy work

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Post by __loam » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:29 PM UTC

baggy_trough wrote: post #3

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This is a good reason to move our infrastructure further off of being dependent on a highly volatile region actually.

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Post by smlacy » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

baggy_trough wrote: post #3

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How about just ditching this disgusting use of a finite resource and switch to an infinitely abundant resource?

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Post by smlacy » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

iqihs wrote: post #5

the entire economy of California being dependent on how Iran is feeling on a given day is crazy work

Yeah especially given that California is a leader in renewable energy sources.

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Post by __loam » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

People will blame climate policy on this but this is evidence that we've failed to move off our fossil fuel dependency.

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Thu, May 07, 2026, 5:31 PM UTC

baggy_trough wrote: post #3

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> California leaders have done everything they possibly can to chase refiners out of state

The refiners are running out of crude. Having more refiners wouldn’t solve the problem.