CBS news (yet again) gaslighting the public, saying that the increase in gas prices is due to the "switch" to the "summer blend" ------ NO, you lying nazis, if that was the case, people would be EXPECTING this every year and it wouldn't be a surprise. More mental gymnastics to protect Beijing Biden.
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It didn't go up that much last year... or the year before.
With fuel perks I've been paying $1.70 - $1.99 for gas. I'm now at $2.50.
That ain't cheap
The secret is to run cars back to back...
We’ve been on winter blend for the past few years I guess.
We used to be an energy exporter just the other year
Poor attempt to control the narrative never heard of a fucking summer blend like yeah this is the fall blend like no Biden fucked it up and you’re protecting him.
It's a CA thing, summer and winter blend. Just to make people pay more.
CA of piss strikes again.
LMAO we don't switch to summer blend in February you idiots
A chunk of it is because of freeze damage to refineries in Texas.
That's not true either. Gas prices rose to current levels before the freeze.
Bullshit, they went up some, then the freeze they went up another 25 cents or so.
2.39 before the freeze, 2.39 after. Just now are they getting over .40, but okay.
Most refineries are on the coast anyways. Didn't have the freeze problem like centex did.
Oh yes, your one single experience is proof of a thing.
It went up 35 cents here since the freeze and we're nowhere near Texas nor are we getting summer blend in early March.
Ah yes you certainly know. Got it. I'll take your anecdotal evidence as fact.
And when it creeps up to Outlandish Prices? Will that be the "Cocaine Blend"?
I would like to know who in the hell is still watching the fake news that’s the propaganda arm of the government please stop watching the fake news!
https://www.gasbuddy.com/go/summer-blend-and-winter-blend-gasoline
For those of us who know history from the Carter admin, it's time to sock money into gold or index funds because it's going to be a wild ride.
Gold going down the drain been saying the same thing about silver would buy until the knife falls
But people do expect the switch to summer blend every year. It's a thing that happens and everyone is aware of it.
It's definitely a part of the price rise, along with the Texas winter storm shutting down multiple refineries (that take a while to restart), and then the rest is Joe Xiden's oil and gas policy.
LMAO we don't switch to summer blend at the end of February you idiot, it's still winter for three more weeks
February is usually when refinery maintenance happens, and as they come back online, they also start producing summer blend gasoline. The rest switch over in March. The EPA doesn't require summer blend until May 1, but we have switched over early several years, including 2016 and 2018. In 2020, we switched late due to a glut over winter fuel still sitting around after the start of Covid-19 lockdowns.
The storms in Texas shut down 20% of our US refining capacity, which is huge - combined with the capacity already down for normal turnover, it caused a big spike in price.
As the refineries come back online, they're making summer blend early already, so we're not really going to see much relief from the existing pricing.
And there you have it.