Do oil companies know that in 90 days they will have to reformulate gas because it gets warmer and more travel

Question

Predicting higher prices in April because of shortage of warm weather gas and unexpected increase in travel.

Answer 1

The oil companies have no choice in the matter.  It's your scientifically ignorant state and local Governments that force the refineries into producing about 300 different and unique blends of gasoline to satisfy the laws of the different communities where the gasoline is sold.  

It would be much more efficient to make just one "summer" gasoline and one "winter" gasoline, but then your local politicians wouldn't have anything to get their greasy little fingers involved in, and maybe the people would realize that we could survive without them!

Answer 2

I'm sure the oil companies have someone on their staff who closely monitors Yahoo Answers in the hope that some wise *ss has all the solutions to their problems.

Answer 3

Yep, happens every year. Why do you suppose they keep getting "record" profits every year?????

Answer 4

yes they would know everything about it...

Answer 5

I'm pretty sure they know.  cha ching cha ching = cash registers