Re: RE: DML Gas Prices

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Thu Sep 01 2005 - 13:50:15 EDT


Walt@walt-n-ingrid.com wrote:
[...]
: The EPA late on Tuesday said it would temporarily permit
: refineries in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee to supply gasoline
: meeting a Reid Vapor Pressure standard of 9.0 and diesel with sulfur content
: higher than 500 parts per million.
[...]
: However, the
: EPA waiver is only in effect until Sept. 15th.

   Wow, when the EPA says "temporarily" I guess they mean it! :-)
16 whole days? I guess any longer than that and the earth would
implode, or explode, or spontaneously combust or something. :-P
(More likely they are afraid of letting the peasants live under the
relaxed standards for too long, otherwise we might notice what we've
been missing and start to like it!) ;-)

-- 
                                          -Jon-

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