[Colonel_Flagg]

The “market, not the federal government, should determine where the crude is processed,” Hume said.

If we built refineries at home to process the oil that is under our soil, something tells me we'd find the price of gasoline a bit more palatable.

And I have a difficult time with $3-plus as a 'new normal' when just five years ago under George Bush the average price was $1.89.

[thackney]

If we built refineries at home to process the oil that is under our soil, something tells me we'd find the price of gasoline a bit more palatable.

We refine more crude oil in the US than we use ourselves. The cases of exporting oil are essential all to the closest Canadian Refinery, where we often get the refined products back. We don't have a shortage of refineries, we have a shortage of domestic oil production, but it is getting better.

[thackney]

when just five years ago under George Bush the average price was $1.89.

The price was that low for about a week as I recall.