From: "Mark" 


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> Eliminating a lot of the bureaucracy on the mixes would certainly help
> improve effective refining capacity compared to things now.  I'm not
> totally
> sold on everybody use California's mix, but I'm sure there are several
> ways
> to simplify things.

Oh, I'm sure the CA mix is overkill and probably bad for mileage and
engines at the same time, I was only offering it as a the preferred
nationwide solution so that they couldn't reasonably take to the streets
with protest signs over it.

> Of course the best way would be the one that lets the free markets decide
> on
> what mix consumers prefer the most.  It may not be possible to make it
> completely unregulated, but the more unregulated the better usually.

There is absolutely no reason for regional mixes whatsover 

> I forgot to tell George about that carburetor modification that I invented
> that would make every car in the country get 100 mpg over night because
> big
> oil paid me to keep it a secret.

Oh, hell, I invented one of those too, way back in the 70s.  

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