Re: Newsom's 'Compassion' for Wildfire Victims

On Jul 18, 2025 at 1:00:28 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
 

State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) posted this recently on his
ex-Twitters:

 

BREAKING: California should brace for more than just $8.00/gallon gas. I just
left a closed-door briefing for state legislators where we were told that the
California oil industry is on the brink of collapse and the pipeline that
brings crude from the oil fields in the north of the state to the refineries
in the south will likely shut down soon. It requires a minimum pressure to
operate and will soon fall below that minimum due to the oppressive
regulations of Newsom and the Democrats in the Assembly. The result will
likely be $10-$12/gallon gas and gas shortages/rationing.

 
Do you know what regulation he's talking about that prevents the
pipeline from being used?

It's all the regulations that are causing the oil companies to shut down their
refineries and move to other states. As each refinery shuts down, the pipeline
loses its contribution and now the amount of oil that's flowing through
doesn't provide enough pressure to keep it going.

In 2000, we had 34 oil refineries in California. Now we have six. And all
because every year the Democrats in the Assembly make it harder, more onerous,
and less profitable to be in the oil business in California. This is the
result. They've destroyed the oil industry here, which definitely has been
their goal all along, but they didn't expect it to come crashing down so
suddenly and so dramatically. They thought it would just peter out over time
and the people would slowly transition over to electric cars. Gas lines and
$12 bucks a gallon is a disaster for them. They know that this, finally, will
snap Californians out of their Helsinki Syndrome.

So we'll soon be paying ten bucks a gallon for gas while Nevada next door is
paying $2.89/gallon. And all of it inflicted on us purposely by 'progressive'
Democrats.

 

The only bright side in all of this is that it'll be the final nail in the
coffin of Newsom's presidential aspirations. No way he can even survive a
primary, let alone the general, with gas at $12/gallon and citizens having to
wait in ration lines for it in California while the rest of the country is
enjoying abundant gas at $2-3/gallon.