The scanty supply of petroleum products by the BPC to its dealers made the products dearer.

very, very scanty evidence.

Demand is vastly outstripping supply. It's not surprising that some of the dealers are going to the DMO because it's difficult to make a market in these conditions.

Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products

I think from the dealers standpoint, the bottom line is that its nothing they're happy about. For the retailers here in Vermont, it's just about their cost. Their cost at the terminals is going up. I mean all you have to do is read the paper or look at the wires, and globally we're at a position where the demand for fuel keeps growing.

If you look at it from a security of supply perspective, the US will not accept anything which undermines its coal in the power generation sector.