From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/18/2026 1:39 PM, Wilson wrote:   
   > On 2/18/2026 4:04 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >> On 2/18/2026 10:58 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 10:36:28 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There's going to be no fuel for your ice car to get to work. California   
   >>>> will have zero gasoline refineries. California is on the West Coast.   
   >>>> There are no pipelines from Texas.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> California is the fourth largest GDP on the planet. Let that sink in.   
   >>>   
   >>> I imagine calif will get their petrol the same way as the other 49 do.   
   >>  >   
   >> Apparently, you have not thought this through. California will get   
   >> refined gasoline from where?   
   >   
   > Not mentioned is the real reason Cali gas costs so much. They require a   
   > special formulation that's used nowhere else in the country.   
   >   
   > If I lived there I'd have an internal combustion truck for general use   
   > and for evac in an emergency, and an electric car with a home charger   
   > for daily driving.   
   >   
   > Of course it's incredibly unlikely that I'd ever voluntarily live in   
   > Commiefornia.   
   >   
   As a former military brat, I can say with the least hesitation, there's   
   no ideal place to live on the entire planet.   
      
   That being said, I've always been fond of Acapulco, Mexico. YMMV.   
      
   However, it goes without saying, that we are here because I have an   
   ex-wife, a wife, a son and a daughter, four grand kids, and five greats,   
   all living in this one small town.   
      
   The question is: are in-laws really outlaws?   
      
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