Comments on: State Senate panel to probe refineries, gas prices

By: gary Robbins

gary Robbins — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:44:07 +0000

It’s about time somebody looked into this. Big Oil in California has a history of getting away with everything short of murder with the people of California. Every time prices spike at the gas pumps because of so called shortages profits for the oil companies also go through the roof. Status que is one thing but out and out robbery and deceit is another subject altogether.

By: JohnW

JohnW — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:13:39 +0000

Re: #4

No, but they do generate lots of gas!

By: Bill Landon

Bill Landon — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:11:00 +0000

Can anyone provide solid evidence that political grand-standing, legislative panels, working groups, task forces or select committees have, or could have, any direct impact gas price spikes?

By: Charlie Peters

Charlie Peters — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:14:29 +0000

What would a California judge do with AB 118 Nunez/Arnold?

AAA said it would not pass a court test.

GMO corn food will be considered for a label in November.

GMO Corn in my food and gas stinks.

Arnold ask the fed for a waiver and the Clinton EPA agreed

Arnold-George W EPA said NO and agrees with MITT.

UN, World Bank, many Governors, Several Congressmen, Bill Clinton & Al Gore say GMO ethanol in the gas is bad policy.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:32:59 +0000

Word is that the Chevron Richmond refinery will never re-open as a crude processing facility. It will only blend products produced elsewhere.

Way to go, environmentalists and wacked out Richmond city council. You should all be deliriously happy now. You have beaten the evil beast Chevron into submission. Of course, it will be interesting to see how Richmond and CoCoCounty survive on greatly reduced revenues.

By: Truthclubber

Truthclubber — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:44:34 +0000

Four words:

Strategic Refined Gasoline Reserve (or SRGR for short).

If set in place for the 7th largest economy in the world, no refiner would dare f*** around with our gas prices — for fear that the SRGR’s entire supply would be dumped into the market at a high price in order to bring down prices (and allow the state to refill the SRGR at lower prices and make a profit to boot).