Good riddence.
Tesoro here in AK sucks. Always the first to raise prices and the last to lower them.
Kalifornia, lol.
If enough gas stations close, the nearest ones may be out of range for many people’s hybrids.
But that’s okay. The people can just meditate.
I still cannot understand why any petroleum producing company wants to continue to do business in a state or country which is obviously at war with that company and, in addition to its warring attitude, controls the levers of justice. I expect BP and Shell to both decrease their locations. The result? Fewer outlets, higher prices.
There’s an old truism in politics - when you tax the crap out of something, you get less of it. I hope the Democrats enjoy eating their own crap!
I still cannot understand why any petroleum producing company wants to continue to do business in a state or country which is obviously at war with that company and, in addition to its warring attitude, controls the levers of justice. I expect BP and Shell to both decrease their locations. The result? Fewer outlets, higher prices.
There’s an old truism in politics - when you tax the crap out of something, you get less of it. I hope the Democrats enjoy eating their own crap!
As I was moving out of California for Arkansas in 1995, most of the ARCO stations were being bought up by persons of Arab decent. However, I did note that they sold hot dogs with pork in them. Do I miss the lower price that ARCO used to have?? Hell no!
Hope they lose their collective a$$ when ARCO closes down.
BUT the limitation on liability expires in a little over 2 years, and the liberal dominated state government has indicated it has no intention of changing this. That liability extends to any detectable levels of carcinogenic materials and any adjacent soil to that material, with the clean up not limited to the property boundaries.
That means if any levels of carcinogenic materials are found on an adjacent plot of land, even if it came from a different source, the gas station owner or lessee is forever liable for it. All stations will be required to post bond for the maximum liability as calculated by the state.
That liability cascades - if detectable materials are discovered on one plot of land adjacent, and then more materials are detected on the plot adjacent to that, then the station owner is responsible for the clean up there as well. And every station is up against a public street which will ALWAYS register carcinogenic materials.
It is the biggest possible superfund scam ever. And companies are trying to isolate themselves from that potential never ending liability. As presently defined under the law, any gas station in the Signal Hill area or the La Brea area would be responsible for every inch of soil for miles around due to natural seepage of oil up through the ground.
This will, somehow, eventually be fixed, but BP has no desire to expose their shareholders to trillions and trillions of liability. Meanwhile, liberals are anticipating no less than half of all gas stations will shut down within the next two years. Less pumps, less gas powered cars on the road. Win win for their pet ‘green energy’ projects.