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Cali Gov. issues rare RVP waiver

GasBuddy Blog -- California's gasoline prices have skyrocketed, and finally in response that took far too long- Governor Brown is now prepared to do something. Brown ordered the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to immediately take emergency steps to increase the amount of gasoline available to stations to assist in bringing down record prices.

"Gas prices in California have risen to their highest levels ever, with unacceptable cost impacts on consumers and small businesses," said Governor Brown. "I am directing the Air Resources Board to immediately take whatever steps are necessary to allow an early transition to winter-blend gasoline."

Winter-blend gasoline is a mixture that evaporates more quickly than the gasoline sold in summer...

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Submitted Oct 08, 2012 By: PD

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Lakepirate13 Veteran Author New York Posts:316 Points:47,250 Joined:Jan 2013	Message Posted: Jan 28, 2013 7:31:44 PM Ignore Lakepirate13 Report Abuse Winter-mix in upstate NY thats used in home heating fuel their is no witer-mix for cars. We just add a dollar bottle of gas antifreeze.
Toonces2013 Veteran Author Illinois Posts:257 Points:14,700 Joined:Jan 2013	Message Posted: Jan 28, 2013 5:15:38 PM Ignore Toonces2013 Report Abuse Moonbeam the Moonbat doing his SOP. They don't call the state the "Land of fruits and nuts" for nothing. DesertBob- figures you were one of the folks who voted the clown in. [Edited by: Toonces2013 at 1/28/2013 5:19:04 PM EST]
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VomVom Champion Author Calgary Posts:3,863 Points:1,647,725 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jan 23, 2013 12:14:53 PM Ignore VomVom Report Abuse Why is GB posting an article from October 8, 2012?
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mabrams184 Champion Author Lexington Posts:2,176 Points:557,205 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Nov 28, 2012 12:59:04 AM Ignore mabrams184 Report Abuse They know best.
Gas4Gore Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,519 Points:443,250 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Nov 27, 2012 11:15:33 PM Ignore Gas4Gore Report Abuse Really
dockersbin Veteran Author Virginia Beach Posts:407 Points:278,385 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 4:24:29 PM Ignore dockersbin Report Abuse Cali has not fallen into the ocen yet? :)
DeserTBoB Champion Author California Posts:1,466 Points:224,975 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Nov 26, 2012 4:19:54 PM Ignore DeserTBoB Report Abuse Really? You like living in a toilet like Ohio?
paulweb All-Star Author Ohio Posts:907 Points:380,075 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Nov 21, 2012 8:37:03 PM Ignore paulweb Report Abuse Could be worse, could be stuck living in CA.
KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:3,282 Points:641,755 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Nov 21, 2012 1:21:45 PM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse Sounds like a good idea.
DeserTBoB Champion Author California Posts:1,466 Points:224,975 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Nov 21, 2012 12:38:26 PM Ignore DeserTBoB Report Abuse You are PROUD to post as "CapriceWagon?" Do you have a plywood spoiler on the back end of that tub of rust, too? Is it the same color as your single wide trailer home?
CapriceWagon Champion Author Washington Posts:1,009 Points:502,870 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Nov 21, 2012 9:47:28 AM Ignore CapriceWagon Report Abuse Way to lead from behind, just like our white house resident
Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:6,102 Points:1,302,725 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Nov 21, 2012 1:47:29 AM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse Okay...whatever.
clpassenubye Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,374 Points:776,055 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Nov 20, 2012 6:53:06 PM Ignore clpassenubye Report Abuse Recall Jerry Brown
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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,818 Points:1,636,245 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 15, 2012 5:40:44 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse single blend is okay for warmer states, that's for sure.
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txrojo2005 All-Star Author Austin Posts:801 Points:500,140 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 14, 2012 10:31:03 AM Ignore txrojo2005 Report Abuse Go to a single blend nationwide. This is what too many regulations get you.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,818 Points:1,636,245 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 14, 2012 8:21:14 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse the whole summer/winter blend is a scam, esp. in the warmer areas of the country.
Karisholman Veteran Author Nevada Posts:281 Points:186,160 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Oct 13, 2012 12:33:17 AM Ignore Karisholman Report Abuse I just don't understand how the prices are going down. It seems to me that they are rising.
TuanCanCook Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:20,342 Points:684,240 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Oct 12, 2012 5:36:45 PM Ignore TuanCanCook Report Abuse Unfortunately hasn't made much of a difference yet. Prices are down what, 1 or 2 cents on average?
clpassenubye Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:3,374 Points:776,055 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 12, 2012 4:24:46 PM Ignore clpassenubye Report Abuse Well that did seem to work gas is still very high
ChuckVIL Rookie Author Chicago Posts:25 Points:748,900 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 4:35:43 PM Ignore ChuckVIL Report Abuse Patrick, how about saying what RVP stands for. I had to look it up.
RoadKing95 Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,694 Points:3,629,965 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 3:31:57 PM Ignore RoadKing95 Report Abuse I don't quite understand Patrick Dehaan's statement "and finally in response that took far too long- ". Patrick's blog of 10/2 reported the wholesale bump of $0.75 gal and said that retail had gone up 2 cents already. So the Governor asked for the waiver on Sunday 10/7. That's just 5 days. The reported reason was a brief power outage at a refinery that is now back online. When does Patrick think Gov. Brown should have reacted? Any earlier and he'd have been criticized for over reaction. And for all you teabaggers that want blame Californians for causing our own problem because we enjoy clean air can piss off. We already know our gas tax is high, and that having a blend to keep our air cleaner costs us. We the people of California made that decision and we live with it. Our prices are generally $.35 to $.40 more than national ave. What we have experienced over the past week is a sudden jump pushing our prices up $0.50 over the previous week. I believe we are second only to Texas in the number of refineries. The oil refineries are predominantly owned by big oil, and they can build more refinery capacity with the billions of profit they make every month. Hell just the tax breaks and subsidies to them should cover the cost, but then they'd lose another convenient excuse to rape us at the pumps. Funny when the Midwest got jacked by big oil, I didn't see anyone here blaming them for their votes (except Chicago perhaps).
DucatiRider Rookie Author Maryland Posts:70 Points:1,200 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 2:10:22 PM Ignore DucatiRider Report Abuse Hummm, the state with the most liberal energy policy has the highest gas prices....
DesertRat2011 Champion Author Riverside Posts:3,756 Points:511,305 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 10:44:41 AM Ignore DesertRat2011 Report Abuse So what took him so long??
LanguageMan1 Champion Author Tampa Posts:11,861 Points:1,688,515 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 10:34:45 AM Ignore LanguageMan1 Report Abuse Mnrick041 is probably right on the money about California being the only state with an air resources board. It's just another way to waste taxpayer money uselessly, keep your friends in power, keep yourself in power with supporters to vote for you, etc. "Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." steven chu, obama's energy secretary. This is a repost from Boo1989. It's true, Chu said that, and has since taken it back, but yet not really. It's their way and his way to achieve energy indepence. don't worry folks, you're gettin what you voted for with Obama, and even without him being in power along with his friends, we'll get there, to $7 to $9 a gallon or more for gas as Chu and others want. It's only a matter of time. Doesn't matter whether we have a Democrat or Republican in the White House, but I'd rather not have that foreigner Obama in there. He shouldn't be in there in the first place, and he is. He even said it years ago before he became President and before running for the Presidency in 2008.
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CapriceWagon Champion Author Washington Posts:1,009 Points:502,870 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 9:13:35 AM Ignore CapriceWagon Report Abuse Wow, if that's all it took then this guy needs to be taken out and beaten for letting his constituents suffer so long
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momster1 Veteran Author Wisconsin Posts:450 Points:313,030 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 6:05:18 AM Ignore momster1 Report Abuse It is about time someone stepped in
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krgunde Rookie Author Houston Posts:4 Points:2,880 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 6:02:42 AM Ignore krgunde Report Abuse It's about time Gov Brown. My heart goes out to you guys out in CA!!! It's hard enough to buy gas here in TX where we refine it!!! I can't imagine living in CA now!
findcheap Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:9,732 Points:2,036,600 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 6:02:19 AM Ignore findcheap Report Abuse merely 2 1/2 weeks early, before it was due anyway
cehend Champion Author Maryland Posts:1,725 Points:461,525 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 6:00:31 AM Ignore cehend Report Abuse Very good news for CA!
Ferdman17 Champion Author Albany Posts:1,420 Points:401,035 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 6:00:12 AM Ignore Ferdman17 Report Abuse Real fix is more refineries! But no one wants them.
Redink Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:7,312 Points:1,321,025 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 5:57:56 AM Ignore Redink Report Abuse Gas mileage is worse on winter blend, this is a short term fix.
mnrick041 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:14,472 Points:1,395,785 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 5:57:42 AM Ignore mnrick041 Report Abuse I am sure California is the only place with a "Air Resources Board".
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LeeFree Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:9,286 Points:2,270,175 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 5:56:40 AM Ignore LeeFree Report Abuse Should have been done as soon as the shortage was first anticipated.