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Republicans Feeling Gas Pains
And they’re actually sounding a lot like Democrats.
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When unusual things start to happen it’s always good to go look at the actual numbers.
The EIA’s (Energy Information Administration) is a good place to start. Their “analysisâ€? seems politically motivated and should be ignored, but their raw numbers are the best available to the general public.
Using information from the EIA a couple of things are clear:
OPEC oil production is falling. Look here (xls warning) and here
Crude oil stocks are very high.
Gasoline stocks are dropping like a rock.
Although the MSM is pushing the oxygenate switch as the cause for the shortage this graph shows that argument as pretty bogus. The switch has been going on for quite a while and if a state is having a gas short fall they can request a exemption.
What I suspect is going on is that “light sweet crude� is becoming scarce and the the bulging oil stock are from “sour crude�. A product that is harder to refine into gas