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A growing diesel fuel shortage is attributed to new environmental standards requiring extremely low sulfur content, making the fuel more difficult and expensive to refine. The hosts also discuss California's unique "special blend" of gasoline, which adds at least 50 cents per gallon to the price compared to other states.
A personal anecdote describes a past experience as a chemist at Union Oil, where a factor-of-ten error was made during sulfur content testing. Rather than admitting the massive mistake immediately, the speaker describes "backing out" of the error by gradually adjusting subsequent test results to appear normal. This story serves as a metaphor for how the hosts believe climate scientists are currently handling flawed computer models.
