[Jim from C-Town]

This is just a chance for the oil companies to gouge the consumer. This is an easy fix. Streamline the EPA regulations and have ONE blend of gas for the entire country. This dozens of different blends is asinine and simply creates problems. Most of the other refineries in the country could pick up the slack if they where allowed to produce a single blend nationally

[UCANSEE2]

Streamline the EPA regulations and have ONE blend of gas for the entire country.

Considering how fuel efficient most vehicles are today, there is no longer a need for multiple blends. I totally agree with you. ALSO, they need to get the ETHANOL out of our gasoline.

[oldtech]

Also,I thought I had read somewhere awhile back that not many refineries were being built in the last several years. If the refineries are mostly in a concentrated area & it’s underwater,isn’t that a recipe for disaster? That’s not complicated to figure out,if this is the case.

[oldtech]

Also,I thought I had read somewhere awhile back that not many refineries were being built in the last several years. If the refineries are mostly in a concentrated area & it’s underwater,isn’t that a recipe for disaster? That’s not complicated to figure out,if this is the case.

[Alberta's Child]

Here in New Jersey, the state passed an anti-gouging law after the hurricanes of 2011 and 2012. Gas station owners were among the main targets for prosecution under that law.

The law comes back and bites the people of New Jersey in the ass whenever we have a disruptive weather event that causes widespread power failures. In the aftermath of these events, gas station owners found that the law doesn't even let them raise their prices enough to cover the additional cost of bringing in generators to operate their facilities, so most gas stations simply stay closed for several days while people can sometimes spend hours on line at the few places that do open.