Flex Fuels and conversion kits are a thing but not widely adopted here.
I wonder if we can start calling it “conflict oil” or “blood oil” like in the dimond industry. Probably not a new idea.
I never heard of California stockpiling oil.
The current trend is closing more refineries, lessening offshore drilling, and bringing in EV battery makers.California is effectively an energy island due to the mountain range separating us from most of the oil pipelines and production areas in the middle of the nation. That’s one of the reasons why fuel prices are so high here (and along with favorable climate, why EVs have a stronger presence than in most other states).
Because of that situation, we have state reserves and import from tankers similar to the federal system on the other end of the country.
