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Originally Posted by Donger
Our government forces the refineries to make changes to the gasoline based on the time of year. They are being forced to remove MTBE completely now, after being forced to add it by the government back in 1990, IIRC. Tier 2 gasoline has reduced sulfur content, which requires the refineries to make changes to their refining process. That's also mandated by our government.
To make these changes, they are forced to take parts of the refinery off-line.
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I understand. The government, which the oil companies largely control, forces them to stop production, resulting in fuel shortages that in turn lead to record prices, and ultimately record profits.
Did I miss anything here?
Those poor oil companies. Oh, the humanity.
