Thanks for asking. I've written Tancredo and suggested he author a bill nationalizing fuel formulas so that refineries aren't bottlenecked with 40+ formulas required by various cities and states.
That would help a lot. My wife just retired from Texaco a few years ago, and she said that it is a logistical refining and logistical nightmare 'steering' gasoline from various refineries to various states based upon the CAFE standards. Transportation cost go UP depending on what CAFE has to go to what state. Ergo, consumers pay for increased transportation costs. There are so many people, even here, who are clueless about the oil MARKET. From E&P, refining, distribution logistics, cost of doing business, state, federal and excise taxes. I could rant for hours, because my wife lived this business in Texaco for 30 years. Feel free to pass some of these notes on to the libs.
Regards, Mark Davis
Nationalization? Yeah...sounds real conservative to me....