On Feb 28, 4:26�am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:02:46 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould

wrote:
(Anybody daring to start an independent station will be unable to
purchase refined products at a favorable rate)

Nonsense. �Refined products are openly traded on the commodity
exchanges. �Go buy some, all it takes is the infrastructure to store
and transport the products.

Would it seem a bit excessive to create an infrastructure to store and
transport refined products so you can run a filling station?

Who refines the products "openly traded on the commodity exchanges"?