“Refining crude is something we do well in the US and it makes for a lot of jobs. Why should be not refine every drop of crude we can and sell the refined products on the world market?”
This also brings to mind another raw material: trees
Trees get harvested, sold as a raw product to the Chinese, who then have large lumber milling ships off shore. They turn around and sell us the lumber made from those trees.
Build more refineries...
There is a brand new refinery sitting idle in California for more than 40 years because the enviros won't let it be used.
You idiots don't realize that the purpose of this government is to make the population immobile so that they can be totally controlled!