SEARCH BLOG: GASOLINE and ECONOMY
Today, gasoline prices jumped about 20 cents per gallon in our area. No particular reason except that with the warmer weather comes the government-mandated "boutique blends" that are supposed to save us from all sorts of foul pollutants.
Strangely, the government-mandated vehicle requirements were supposed to do that as well. The hundreds or thousands of extra dollars for sophisticated fuel combustion controls and tailpipe emission limits apparently don't work, so the government mandates double-dip the consumer with special gasoline blends that for some reason don't seem to go beyond limited geographies... each geography having its own special blend.
Now lets add in the individual state CAFE and emission standards that are proposed and, wallah!, we have pandemonium... and a bureaucrat's orgasmic fantasy.
Here we are in a state that's in a state of depression and the only people driving seem to be leaving the state... and gasoline prices are going up... again. Is there not one lick of common sense in our government? This is not a supply-demand issue; this is a government muck-up issue. One politician has the right idea, but because he is a Republican, nothing will happen.
If our Democratic Party President and our Democratic Party Congress really want to do something for our economy, pass the damn bill and save consumers billions of dollars... or don't and blame the Republicans for not caring about the "little guy."
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