Patiently waiting, My Ass

Here's some mega BS for all of us fuel consumers. There're fuel shortages in and around Virginia because of the transition from MTBE to ethanol as an anti-smog additive in gas. Now, this shouldn't surprise anybody that reads my blog, because I've posted about the impending doom before. The transition is happening because Congress won't give gas companies a get out of jail free card on lawsuits concerning the fact that MTBE fucking pollutes the shit out of our water supply. What gets my goat about all of this is that the world has been aware of this change for MONTHS at least. If the fuel industry had manned up to the change like a company that cares about their damn customers would have, the switch would not have been so abrupt and would not be causing disruptions.

You'll note near the end of that piece that some knuckle head with the industry says "We're patiently waiting for the [government to bow to our demands and cover our asses yet again]." (The part in the brackets is my asshole to English translation.) Man, do you realize how hard it is to not let this degenerate into a swearing, boot stomping rant that looks like some other pissed off hippie railing for the environment with no thought to economics, quality of living or anything else that makes it easy for sensible people to ignore the opinions and sputtering of lefties, evangelists, and fundamentalists? The whole thing is assinine. (Yes, I realize there's only one 's' in that word.)

Why? Whats happening here is that the fuel industry is attempting to pressure the consumer into pressuring the government into protecting the fuel industry from the consumer.

Regardless, it's one of those things I'm watching and filing into the "will I vote for you" pile over the next few years. It's kind of like how I'm not voting for any of my local state people that vote in favor of the Twins stadium proposal that's up right now. Why? Shouldn't be taxed for the benefit of a private company, etc, law against raising a tax like that without a vote by the people, blah blah blah, you've heard all of it on the radio if you live up here, and don't care if you don't....