[Natural Law]

Compounding California’s energy woes are the botique blends needed throughout the state to satisfy the air quality crowd. These limit availibility and competition contribute to higher prices.

[17th Miss Regt]

Very true. The purpose is to keep the air clean and healthy. That is also why permits for controlled burns are routinely ignored - too much in the way of particulates are relaesed during those burns. And then when we have stupendous fires that burn 100+ square miles of National Forest and coat the entire southland in ash it is just fine. Accidents happen, you know.