The other day I saw Washington’s two “take all the credit you can” senators, Murray and Cantwell, on TV saying they were going to launch a investigation into the price of gas. I agree with them that the price is inflated, but it is too little, too late now.
The price of most everything is dependant on the price of fuel, diesel fuel. The process of making gasoline is to refine oil into diesel fuel then keep refining it until you get the grade of gasoline you want. Therefore, the price of diesel fuel should be cheaper than regular gas.
A couple years ago we were told the reason diesel was higher was there was a shortage of oil and they needed to use most of the oil to make gas to keep the price down. I can see their point back then, but there hasn’t been a shortage of oil for quite some time now.
Then we were told they needed to use the diesel to make fuel oil to help heat homes, but starting last summer when there was no oil shortage and people weren’t heating their homes the price of diesel kept raising higher than gas. If Murray and Cantwell want to help lower the price of most goods, why not get the price of diesel fuel down to where it should be in comparison to the price of regular gas? Think about it: truckers use it, railroads use it and the ships bringing goods from overseas use it. Higher diesel fuel prices mean higher prices for the goods they all carry.
I can’t wait to hear the excuses the big oil companies will have when they report their record profits.
John Graham
Lynnwood
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