The 150 different refineries? Plus the refineries in Mexico and Canada that sell across the border. Plus the blending terminal that import motor gasoline blending products?
Why do you imagine they have this ability but never used it before?
Because they are being told to do so by their owners.....
The owners, regardless of their number, have a vested interest in overturning a political machine that prohibits them from increasing domestic production and increasing their market share in the global market. That is my point.
Why is it such a stretch for you to imagine that this couldn't take place? I don't think it's such a stretch at all....