Solving the energy crisis: You decide

Easing clean air requirements or reducing the number of blends made might bring down prices. And there have been plans floated to require the industry to build more refineries.

But the industry says making all those different blends actually doesn't cost that much more money. And other analysts say refiners are barely turning a profit using the refining capacity they currently have, as gasoline prices have not risen as much as the price of crude oil.

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