You know, about all you have proven so far is that you are very dense. You have a problem with rationalization. You are not capable of addressing the issue that was raised on point.
Once again, first paragraph you’re off blaming government again.
Tell me bright path, did the government raise their slice of the pie to prevent prices from falling? No. The government did nothing here more than they normally do.
Did the same refinery situation exist before the drop in crude? Yes. A new situation can’t be blamed there either.
I haven’t complained about the percent of profit either. I expect them to make profits. This isn’t about normal profits. It’s about reaping excessive profits by refusing to pass along some of the crude oil savings to the public.
Prices go up, and these oil firms claim a need for profits. Prices go down and these firms do not reciprocate for the public.
They keep the prices artificially high, and then will raise them way beyond reasoned the next time crude oil prices rise.
Price drop 70%, public gets 25% in savings. Price goes up 70%, the price to the public goes up 200 to 300 percent.
I’ve seen this dog n pony show play out for decades here in California.
Why does California have a different blend of gasoline? We have a natural catch basin that runs from the beach inland to the Riverside area. In this are there are about 17 million people.
The air does not circulate well in this area. It’s called an inversion layer, and if the blends of gasoline were not different, we would see severe health problems.
I’m not happy paying higher prices than the rest of the nation, but then not all this is attributable to the special blends either. California has a very high level of gas taxation per gallon.
I lived here during the 70s, and you could see a haze just looking to the businesses across the street. It sometimes looked like the place was being gassed.
These things being said, the government is not specifically the problem here. Yes it needs to be addressed for over taxation, but this is a clear issue where the price of manufactured gasoline has gone down 60 cents per gallon, and only 14 cents have that has been passed along.
Instead of siding with your fellow citizens, you insult them, blame on the state, and at this point still haven’t figured out the oil companies have not been fair to the public at large.
If you can’t grasp these issues, why continue to convince everyone of it?
I grasp the issues. What don’t you grasp about causation? Answer the question: Why are refiners/distributors able to make higher margins, price gouge, be unfair to the Kaliphorna Konsumer more sonthan any other state?
Give me your solution to the unfairness you so righteously rail about. What is you wish to see done? Are you hoping the greedy profiteers will become charitable and lower their margins?
I would assume that any company this astute on profit gouging is a hugely profitable enterprise that has a soaring stock prixe. They must just be killing it with Kali so profitable. Must be a dozen companies fighting to get in.
Kali should be kissing the feet of any company willing to operate a refinery or gas station.
How about this theory: in California Big Government supports Big Business, and Big Business supports Big Government.