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Re: diesel fule shortage? o/t
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Posted by Matt from CT on August 10, 2006 at 11:34:02 from (68.118.198.252):
In Reply to: Re: diesel fule shortage? o/t posted by MN Bob on August 10, 2006 at 11:12:49:
It's called "Regulatory Risk" We have 2.5 Million barrels a day less refining capacity in the U.S. today than in 1982. That's something like a 12.5% capacity reduction. Never mind increasing demand. Yeah, they squeeze more money out day-to-day but as an industry, they lack the capacity to do routine maintenance *and* have anything else happen at the same time to affect production. If a trucker travelling in winter decided not to carry chains with him to save a few pennies in fuel...then has to wait until the roads are cleared because the Highway Patrol put up a "Chain Restriction" due to snow... Is that the government's problem for regulating them... Or is it the trucker's problem for not anticipating reasonable regulations and deciding to save some money instead of being prepared just in case?
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