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But this guy is fixated on the fact that 17% of the refineries were closed in a state where gas sales fell 17%.
It’s remarkably appropriate in a article where we are talking about a shortage…
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Dogs and cats were being eaten, you see. And did you hear her laugh ?
Not sure why you're being down voted, I've sadly heard those exact arguments.
I don't get it either, but that's the audience that has been cultivated.
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.
> Bad things happen. You have to be ready. You're not wrong, but also how "ready" is "ready enough"? What about things the US doesn't generally have access to? Rare earth minerals? Helium? Cobalt? Coffee? It also costs money to build the infra for storage and more money to maintain. There's always a trade-off. I think governments have done an acceptable job of being ready, but they are predicated on the assumption th…
good question but too often what we find is "not ready at all".
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.
Surely an example of being ready would be to electrify everything?
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Yep, it's a low sulfur, lower volatility gasoline blend ( https://thebreakthrough.org/issues/energy/how-california-reg... ) which apparently cuts harmful exhaust emissions like carbon monoxide and NOx.
And no MTBE, IIRC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTBE_controversy
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I began assuming long ago that Trump is just manipulating markets. Like my finances are managed under that assumption.
He was the anti corruption and anti war President and look what we got instead.