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Gasoline Price Scam

Gasoline Price Scam Review



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being ripped off for gas,Oil Companies & Government vs Consumers
5 star rating

budget conscious, value conscious, cost-conscious, fuel-conscious

APR
23
2008

 

I found this story from  "the gas secret dot net/m "

From the desk of:www.
Kacper M. Postawski,

" Dear friend being ripped off for gas prices,
 

Let me tell you the story:

How The Smog In California Forced
Oil Companies To Do Something They
Didn't Want To...

I'm not sure if you ever had the chance to visit California in the mid 70s. It was a nightmare - environmentally speaking.

The smog was so thick you could hardly see 15 miles out.

There was so much smog and pollution in the air, that if you were to stand on your balcony facing the mountains in Southern California, the only way you would know that the mountains were there would be if you had a map showing you so.

Children in poorer families in the suburbs were getting asthma and lung problems at record numbers, the problem was really getting out of hand.

If someone didn't do something about the air, L.A was heading to a future where wearing gas masks could be common.

Smog in California(1980s to 1998)


What Happened to All That Smog?

Today, if you were to visit California, and look out over that same balcony in L.A looking at the same mountains, you will probably notice that you can see them! The smog isn't completely gone, it's still a major problem, however, it's been drastically and clearly reduced. Where did that smog go?

How The Government Made
The Gasoline More Effective

In the late 80s, the California government set a mandate for an emissions standard for gasoline sold in California. And gave oil companies a maximum of 2 years to comply and come up with a solution.

It was like saying: "if you want to do business in California and sell your gasoline, you're going to have to do something to the gas to make it burn more effectively and cause less pollution, if you don't, we won't let you do business in California."

Oil and gasoline companies, like Shell and Chevron knew very well that there was an easy way to do this. The down-side was... if they made the gasoline burn more effectively... it would increase your car's mileage.

That's good news for you and I... since a higher mileage means less money spent on gas... Not so good news for the oil companies, they lose money.

So they had to increase the fuel efficiency only enough for it to meet the new emissions standards in California, and not enough to lose them money. "

Government is not addressing our needs and concerns !!!  LET THEM KNOW, NOW . . .

WHAT DO THINK ABOUT THAT? . . .   WHAT ARE YOU, GOING TO DO ABOUT IT !!!

Last edited on Apr 25, 2008


I_thumb_up Gasoline Price Scam is recommended by povscusa


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steve9631 wrote on Aug 26, 2008 at 6:44PM


Excellent review.


povscusa wrote on Apr 25, 2008 at 10:02PM


Thank you, Meredith
Chicago, IL


Meredith wrote on Apr 23, 2008 at 1:20PM


You bring up an important conversation. I see you found this story from http://www.thegassecret.net/. You may want to edit your review to include this reference. Thanks for including quotation marks to show this informatoin is from another source :) I'd like to hear your view on this issue here too...