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To: Outlaw Woman
the refineries are supposedly going at capacity and there is a shortage of those.

Not true. We are refining more than we use, leading to us becoming a net exporter of gasoline. We had so many refinery expansions combined with a falling demand, our refineries are only running about 83% capacity and still making more than we use.


18 posted on 02/25/2012 6:49:03 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

Interesting. Thanks for that.

There are refineries being shut down though. And many of the major companies have folded up shop and left since the BP oil spill.

Whatever the specific reasons, did anyone really doubt that this was coming?


27 posted on 02/25/2012 7:11:23 PM PST by Outlaw Woman (When does the shooting start?)
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can you tell me why the saw tooth pattern in the finished gas graph is so regular? is it the difference in winter and summer driving??? thx
35 posted on 02/25/2012 7:23:58 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: thackney

FOX Business news had a commentater (potato joke in there somewhere) say we could drop the price by a dollar a gallon by removing the requirement of over 100 different EPA formulations. Comments?

And Newt said the silver bullet to lower gas prices was to get rid of Obama!


40 posted on 02/25/2012 7:30:49 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: thackney

So basically it’s all speculative at this time?


58 posted on 02/25/2012 7:50:26 PM PST by headstamp 2 (Liberalism: Carrying adolescent values and behavior into adult life.)
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