Here in California, as you all know, we were victems of the energy industry manipulating the market to screw us out of billions. Interestingly the price fluctuations were paralleled with what was happlening in DC. The price started to rise then stabelized while the 2000 election results were held up.  Once Bush got in the went through the roof. Clinton then capped the prices for the remander of his term, Bush then removed the caps, and then they realy went nuts until May when Jim Jeffords left the Republican party, thus giving Democrats controll of senate. That day the prices dropped back down and never rose again.
Which brings me to oil.
I read in one of our newspapers (either the SF Chronical or SJ Mercury News) about one of the oil refineries in the bay area (Pittsburg?) being suspisciously closed about a year ago. There was nothing wrong with the plant at all. After our energy debacle a few years back, one can’t blame me for being suspicious. We have to watch these people like hawks. So since we have that one refinery here sitting idle as prices go through the roof, I Imagine this must also be going on in other parts of the country. Are there any refineries in your state not in operation at this time or running below capacity? Let’s try to figure out to what extent this is going on.

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