Precedent Set: $5 a Gallon Gasoline Leads to Easing of Environmental Regulations for Refineries in California
On October 7, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown “directed the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to take emergency steps to increase the state's gasoline supply and bring down fuel prices.”
Below you will find three subsections. The first is further information on this decision. The second provides a little history on air quality management in the United States focusing on California. The third provides some relevant stats and graphs related to this topic:
I. Breaking Point Reached
II. Smog and Air Quality Management
III. Some Relevant Stats and Graphs
I. Breaking Point Reached
“Gasoline closing in on a record $5 a gallon prompted Governor Jerry Brown to direct California regulators to relax smog controls so oil refineries could increase supplies of cheaper fuel… [granting] refineries permission to make an early shift to winter-blend gasoline, typically not sold until after Oct. 31.”
Some have cited problems at refineries for the spike in fuel costs, some have put the blame on a short squeeze, some have suggested that policies and regulations that “insist refiners produce a specific blend of gas to meet tough state air quality standards” are the culprit, while others have been warning us for years of pending higher fuel costs due to peak oil.
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Speculation, however, as to the causes of the price spike are a moot point. What matters is the admission by our representatives in government that our current economic system cannot support high oil prices, and that the environment and our health will be sacrificed to keep the machine churning.
source: http://chycho.blogspot.ca/2012/10/precedent-set-5-gallon-gasoline-leads.html
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COMMONSENSEFORCOMMONGOOD_COM
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It's all part of the Fossil Fuel War on America, even after you and I have paid for the oil before it's ever pumped out of the ground by Big Oil. You and I bought the oil with our military budget, and are double charged for it at the gas pumps.
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COMMONSENSEFORCOMMONGOOD_COM
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coolplanet
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As if money is the most important thing there is.
Other countries have been paying the equivalent of $5 per gallon for decades and you don't see them whining.
We Americans are spoiled rotten. - 7 months ago
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coolplanet
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FoosMaster
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I can't help but wonder if some of these "incidents" that have happened over the past several years have been orchestrated by the companies. The oil companies claim these “incidents” are the reason for their Extreme increase in prices and that the regulations keep them from making profits. I Absolutely feel that they intentionally increase the prices for reasons of "GREED" and create these problems as an Excuse to get the regulations eliminated so they can make even Bigger Record profits!!!
- 7 months ago
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FoosMaster
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salviad
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FoosMaster:
This type of thing has already happened. Enron is one of the best examples. I believe the documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" followed the whole California blackouts really well.
- 7 months ago
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salviad
