Gas Price Rant

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/story/2011-12-31/united-states-export/52298812/1

One of my responsibilities at work is diesel and gasoline for our mining operations. In meeting with our current supplier and prospective fuel bidders the discussion came up about the true abundance of gasoline as being the reason for export and the shortage of storage for gasoline. It seems that these suppliers have enormous stockpiles of gasoline waiting for export or for a time when the demand AND price is high enough in the US to use some of it. When I asked if it wasn't kind of expensive to store gasoline they said that it wasn't a problem because storage costs are passed on to customers!!