The global oil market is wildly complex, with thousands of interconnected parts all working seamlessly together to keep the world’s economy humming. Most of the time, no one notices.
Until it breaks.
It’s been two and a half months since the war with Iran ruptured the crude oil market, and the aftershocks are starting to show up in unexpected ways. Among the many quirks: A European jet fuel shortage – that Americans are paying for at the gas pump.
The Centennial State may become first in the nation to require retailers to warn consumers that burning fossil fuels “releases air pollutants and greenhouse gases, known by the state of Colorado to be linked to significant health impacts and global heating.”
The warning is the linchpin of a bill—HB25-1277—that narrowly passed the state House on April 2 and is scheduled to be heard in the Senate’s Transportation & Energy Committee this week. Its Democratic sponsors say the bill will raise awareness among consumers that combusting gas in their vehicles creates pollutants that harm their health and trap heat in the atmosphere, leading to more intense and extreme weather, wildfires, and drought.
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