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August 31, 2005
Someone Remembers Their History
Today, I encountered This excellent blog post praying that gasoline price gouging will occur in the coming days and weeks.
I, for one, agree completely. I want to see prices rise to the appropriate level that the market will bear. This is because, despite my non-existance during the last major gasoline shortage, I remember my history, and know that I don't want to have to waste hours every day getting in gas-lines, and filling up twice a day just to make sure I don't get screwed.
I'm so very pleased that someone else out there agrees with me!
Say, anyone want to help me start up a new business? I want to build a CA oil refinery that can produce the California blend of gasoline. I want it to be the most efficient, safest, and environmentally-friendly refinery ever built in California. Since prices keep rising (even relative to oil), I think it is apparent that we have a refinery-capacity problem, and we could effectively undercut the big-oil competition, thus allowing customers to pay less per gallon while also making a healthy profit ourselves. There's market-share to be had that way, and where there's market-share, there should be profit.
And since there was a big fuss when Shell Oil tried to close it's oldest, least-efficient refinery in CA, I think maybe we could get some help dealing with some of the government red-tape that has prevented anyone else from entering the industry... especially if we make a big deal about how our gasoline causes less environmental harm per unit gasoline output than the crappy 30+ year old refineries already here!
"Buy our gas! It's cheaper, it's not from "Big Oil", and it's greener to boot!" Now that's a message that people could get behind. Don't you think?
— The Shelanman
Posted by andrew at August 31, 2005 04:27 PM
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