So due to tornado damage, the Joliet refinery is out of service for another month or so…leading to spot shortages and a tight gasoline supply…the greater Chicago area has to use a “boutique Blend” of gasoline because the EPA says we don’t meet certain air quality standards….
And this has led to a greatly increased cost for gasoline, as the market reacts to the tighter supply…
Which leads to somewhat disgruntled people, as we are paying nearly a dollar more than people a hundred or more miles away…And people are blaming the current government for the price of gasoline. Which might affect how they vote….
Of course this being an election year, the EPA has granted waivers for the other refineries to blend “normal” gasoline for sale in the area…instead of the special blend.
Funny innit, how the environment matters….. until people voting Democrat matters more.
Weird
What’s more amazing is the fact that gas dropped by $0.70/gallon as of yesterday. Quick, too quick.
Kind of like pedo joe selling the communist chinese all our oil stored for an emergency, strategic oil, to lowef the price by 5 cents a gallon.What a deal.
So much for the ‘strategic’ reserve… It’s going to drop prices, to hell with strategy… grrr…
Putting American interests aside for political and/or financial gain has been The go to move for the biden crime family for a long time.