California Gas Prices Could Hit $3 a Gallon

NewsMax.com ^ | 6/14/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

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[LasVegasMac]

Well now I know what I will be paying here in 'Vegas.

Ouch.

LVM

[The Vast Right Wing]

Absolutely NOT. The cost of switching has been estimated at less than a dime a gallon.

[meenie]

Davis should swing into action. Long-term contracts backed by the taxpayers should be made with the various suppliers. Also enviromental regulations should be tightened so a limited number of companies can be involved. Excessive profits should be eliminated by controls on the price of gasoline. Driving should be eliminated whenever the price spikes above $2. Davis should declare this emergency is caused by evil oil companies in Texas. Davis should_______ fill in the blanks.

[Mo1]

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[Recovering_Democrat]

We don't need to drill.

[okie01]

"The cost of switching has been estimated at less than a dime a gallon."

In terms of materials and conversion cost, probably so.

But costs don't seem to be the issue here. Instead, it is supply.

[Carry_Okie]

This is crap. The EPA requires oxygenates in but TWO critical air basins, and CARB has mandated a 15% oxygenate formula statewide (they only need about 6%, no oxygenate is really necessary). The model proposed here assumes that CARB will be stupid enough to require 15% ethanol in all California gasoline, which is of course, entirely likely. The hidden fact here is the amount of natural gas that will be freed up for electricity production should MTBE be banned. Given that the State is critically short of pipeline capacity with which to import natural gas, that change to ethanol might significantly reduce California's total cost of energy.

[Howie]

[okie01]

"The model proposed here assumes that CARB will be stupid enough to require 15% ethanol in all California gasoline, which is of course, entirely likely."

In its own charming way, the California bureaucracy is even more stunningly bureaucratic than the federal bureaucracy.

Not an honor most states would savor...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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Been out most of the day!

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The hidden fact here is the amount of natural gas that will be freed up for electricity production should MTBE be banned.

I am trying to remember why that is the case.

[monkeyshine]

Anything having anything to do with energy, Grey Davis will screw up for us all.
We're gonna pay through the nose, while "Gravy Davie" collects his big fat commission campaign contributions.

[supercat]

Of course, the best way to reduce total pollution while improving fuel economy would be to replace MTBE with something that was invented a looong time ago but which politicians would never consider: [highlight to see]

Replace MTBE with GASOLINE!

[Angelique]

I am convinced. We have to do something than listen to this crudola.

[snopercod]

Neat table trick! Good idea, too.

[snopercod]

LOL! Good one.

[snopercod]

Coupla' questions:

1. How is the ethanol going to be transported to California?
2. What's the real story on this?:

   In California, the refiners chose MTBE...

[Dawgsquat]

This is really cool HTML!

COOL! Thanks for teaching an old Dawg a new trick!