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Rebuilding the refinery can wait. The most important action necessary now is the renaming of the town from Whiting to Diversifying. (/s)
Timing’s a little too perfect for me to assume this was an accidental fire...
Yup, without fail, whenever gas prices start to decline and take the pinch off the people, some mysterious fire happens.
I thought we had a “Climate Emergency.”
Now imagine what it’s going to be like when there is NO SUPPLY of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. It’s gonna get ugly.
Will China give back some of our Reserves?
Good thing we have the Strategic Oil Reserves, huh!
More components?
Sounds like more ethanol.
Blend up more e15 (or higher), sell it out of the e10 pumps and screw up a bunch of ICE cars and trucks.
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How revealing! The EPA’s regulations are harming us. During this period of stress they are willing to lift them. But later of course they will reinstate them to continue to harm us.
How convenient.
How convenient
Nice. MTBE is ring rot and useless as **** on a ****.
Just buy an electric car.
Bitt: ".. a fire and shutdown at the BP Whiting Refinery in Whiting, Indiana, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan
today issued an emergency fuel waiver to help alleviate fuel shortages in four states
whose supply of gasoline has been impacted by the refinery shutdown,” EPA said in a statement."
“EPA has waived the federal regulations and federally enforceable State Implementation Plan requirements for fuel volatility
on gasoline sold in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, to facilitate the supply of fuel in these areas.
This waiver will continue through September 15, 2022,” according to EPA’s news release."
Oil & refined products analyst, Patrick De Haan said, “the waiver allows winter gasoline to be sold, and allows more components to be used in gasoline,
thereby increasing the amount of available supply.
Still no restoration timeline on BP restarting its refinery.”
(My Comment) : This BP refinery is the 6th largest refinery in the Untied States, and supplies many of the mid-western States, especially those identified in the article.
The US is already short on refineries for fuel/energy production and this incident could further jeopardize future financial petroleum investments.
Glad to see that the EPA is willing to make this adjustment in time for the harvest season.
I’m guessing a deliberate act of class warfare.
They should just increase the supply of electricity!