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Radio: More Government Intervention is NOT the Solution to High Gas Prices

by Philip Rossetti

July 12, 2022

issues: Energy and Environment, Fossil Fuels

originally published in Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson

Oil prices are falling, but the price at the gas pump remains high. Why? The R Street Institute’s Phil Rossetti outlines the problems in the refining industry and the government policies that aren’t helping.

https://www.rstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/More-Government-Rules-Wont-Fix-Our-Oil-Refinery-Problems.mp3

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