“The state recognizes that they’re on a pathway to more refinery closures,” said Skip York, chief energy strategist at energy consultant Turner Mason & Co. The risk to consumers and the state’s economy, he said, is gasoline supply disappearing faster than consumer demand, resulting in fuel shortages, higher prices and severe logistical challenges.
Instead of wasting taxpayer funds trying to delay the inevitable, the state should do what it should have done a hundred years ago and invest in expanding public transport options.
The high speed rail project is awesome and should continue, but that doesn’t help people who just need to get around town, or to the next town over.