Regulating Refineries to Death

Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob

“Punish them! That might as well be the explicit goal of California’s regulators and politicians — and all too many voters — for the results are clear enough. All who refuse to use electric cars and solar energy must suffer … with ever-higher gas prices, at the very least. Two major oil refineries that provide gas for California as well as a few neighboring states have announced that they are closing their doors. They can’t hack it. One analyst predicts that in consequence of these closures and related destruction of production, the price of gas will shoot up to $8 per gallon.” (08/27/25)

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