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Here is an important rule of thumb when you see a television commercial sponsored by an oil company: Don’t believe a word it says.

Some time ago, I posted a piece about the oil industry’s shenanigans when California voted a couple of years ago on a ballot initiative to increase its gasoline tax. The measure was heavily supported by voters until the oil industry went on the air and warned that everyone’s gasoline prices would go up. The TV spots showed a distressed woman pumping gas as the price went ka-ching, ka-ching.