[EBH]

I hate to say it...but ask the oil companies why they didn't plan better for the transition? Every reg. change I've ever had to deal with provides a deadline or phase-in-by-date. This was signed as part of the Energy Act of 2005. Normally, most companies are highly aware of the phase in dates long before the bill is signed and work to make the transitions smoother. Consumers rarely feel the real effects other than possibly a price change. In this transition the storage tanks at stations are being run dry of the MTBE fuels. I'm surprised some 'econutter' isn't demanding decontamination of the tanks too.

[Dan Evans]

I hate to say it...but ask the oil companies why they didn't plan better for the transition?

What difference would it make? If they had made the transition earlier, we would have had the shortage earlier.

And, as I understand it, some of the problem is in making the change from winter fuel to summer fuel. They couldn't have done it earlier.

[TFMcGuire]

How about asking the government instead, why they didn't better plan the implementation of these regs.

Or, why they think that fiats they pass have no economic consequences whatsoever.