Most of the gasoline comes from imported oil. Although we are a net exporter we can't refine the oil that we pump here so the tarrifs will affect the price of gas.
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Temporarily, yes. But in the long term they will incentivize entrepreneurs to start refineries that can refine the light sweet crude oil we pump here since they'd be able to undercut the tariffed oil from overseas. As a bonus, it's better for the environment if we do it that way.
As of now we are importing from countries with far more lax environmental standards than ours, and we often have to transport what we import very long distances. All of that uses up energy and is ultimately worse for the environment.
Refineries take years and lots of money to build. In the meantime prices will skyrocket. Also no one is going to build them because demand for gasoline will fall as more people switch to electric cars. Currently 9% of New cars are electric. 16% if you count plug in hybrids. Increasing every year
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