get these back up online and therefore get fuel flowing again? even in the worst hit refinery in the country, with all the flooding you would think it would take months to get this back online but that is such good news because that refinery was not damaged so they are going to bring that refinery back in two weeks. that is a big deal, it yesterday there was panic in the market, at one point the price of gasoline was up $0.28 a gallon, today it s pulled back by about $0.06 a gallon. some of that is because of the good news we are getting this. also waivers from the government on gasoline prices. the trump administration really has done some good things to try to calm the concerns of traders. for example they released oil from the strategic petroleum reserve to help refineries who can t get the oil into get back up online sooner.
the area were told to stay inside their homes. drivers were told to close their windows. four train stations were shut down. and gas prices went up. you notice a trend here? that one refinery in richmond that has spent the last 25 years catching on fire over and over and over again, that s one of the refineries we were told in may with that mysterious price spike that that it refinery was offline. that s why we had the spike. the other one was this one. the royal dutch shell refinery in martinez, california. we were told they were offline for maintenance. so these two refineries being down, prices are going to go up. that s what drove up the prices in california despite all the other factors saying it shouldn t have gone up. that was in may. and people in california were prepared to accept that explanation. history had prepared us to accept that explanation. however, check this out. earlier this month, a news service got a hand on a report that looked at environmental documents. thousa
cat catching on fire over and over and over again, that s one of the refineries we were told in may with that mysterious price spike that that it refinery was offline. that s why we had the spike. the other one was this one. the royal dutch shell refinery in martinez, california. we were told they were offline for maintenance. so these two refineries being down, prices are going to go up. that s what drove up the prices in california despite all the other factors saying it shouldn t have gone up. that was in may. and people in california were prepared to accept that explanation. history had prepared us to accept that explanation. however, check this out. earlier this month, a news service got a hand on a report that looked at environmental documents. thousands of environmental documents from the point in time when those refineries were supposedly offline. down for maintenance work. here s how they describe the