The biggest issues in my mind are the lack of willingness in these Northeast States to get natural gas and refined product pipelines built so they are not so dependent upon refined products for heating and they can get refined products delviered without as much trucking or barging.

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Total refined product sales slipped 4.5% from a year ago, which suggests higher energy prices are being met by resistance as demand contracts.

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