Smoke and mirrors

In New York City gasoline prices average $4.39 per gallon. That is for regular gas that the majority of people use. One can find $4.29 and as high as $4.99 per gallon. So, people hunt for lower cost gasoline in their areas.

The other day we were diving through some areas we haven't visited before and saw a Lukoil station where the price of gas was $4.14 per gallon. The cheapest in New York by far. At first, I thought the station was closed and this was an older price that stayed on but then I saw cars being filled up.

The interesting thing is that Lukoil is a Russian company, selling I assume Russian oil. So, what about Biden's edict that no Russian energy product may come here. What is gasoline if not energy product? Didn't hear that any Lukoil stations were forced to close because of the supposed boycott of Russian products.

Is this a smoke and mirrors thing? The government grandstands on certain items. Items that are newsworthy and does nothing on others. We went to a Russian food store that sells original products straight from Russia and there are no shortages of anything there. And they are not the only store in New York. There are several Russian neighborhoods, and they all have a multitude of their own stores. Did not hear any closings due to lack of merchandise.

There are more empty shelves in our American supermarkets than anywhere else. We went to our store yesterday and it was frightening to see how many shelves were lacking stuff. This the government is not talking about. I wonder how long they will hide behind the Covid-19 excuse. How long will offices use the Covid-19 to cover their inefficiencies.