California ports expose the state as a national security risk to America

• 1.12 million barrels per day of crude oil refining would go offline.
• 25 million gallons per day of gasoline production to support the States' 30 million vehicles would disappear.
• Between 7-8 million gallons per day of jet fuel to support the military and international airports would be lost.
• Over 10 million gallons per day of diesel fuel to support the trucking infrastructure would vanish.

With the onset of the Iranian war the Asian countries that were supplying us with our fuel were forced to suspend their shipments. This set California on a course to run out of fuel. Because of this POTUS made the call to waive the Jones Act. This allowed foreign flagged tankers to take fuel receipts from states in the Gulf of America and deliver them to California. This forced the gulf refineries to increase their production rates. Currently they are operating at 98% of capacity. They do not have anymore room to increase production. And these rates cannot be maintained on a long-term basis.

If the remaining seven California refineries shut down, in addition to those already closed, California could face a collapse in the transportation-fuel supply chain. The major ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland could cease operations; shipments of many goods could be disrupted; and grocery-store food deliveries could stop. The ripple effects on the military and neighboring states could be unprecedented.