Posted on 06/27/2005 8:15:59 PM PDT by JeffersonRepublic.com
“But I want you to know that I won't give up in our fight to stop the drilling. And neither should you. I'm going to use every legislative tool at my disposal to reverse this vote and prevent this terrible policy from going into effect. But we can do more -- today.”
“I'm planning to organize a consumer boycott of any oil company that decides to drill in this pristine Alaskan wilderness area. If, through our pocketbooks, we can convince these companies to do the right thing, we can still save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from the destruction that would be wrought by the oil drilling rigs.”
Barbara Boxer
(Excerpt) Read more at ga4.org ...
This woman does not share the same planet as we do. For that matter, neither do most liberals. These people love nothing more than to protest, so they'll go along with her.
What a bunch of maroons.
Yes, Karl Rowe is absolutely RIGHT!!!
Ultramar Cancels Expansion Proposal in Wilmington After Community Opposition
In 1999, Governor Gray Davis issued an executive order to eliminate MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether), from California's gas supply by December 31, 2002. The mandate required that all oil refineries in California switch from MTBE to ethanol.
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The amount would be even bigger than the entire Cenco refinery proposed in Santa Fe Springs, California, which could refine 50,000 barrels a day.
Damned if they do, damed if they don't...
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National Public Radio (NPR) - Morning Edition
May 06, 2004
by Anchor: Renee Montagne - Reporter: Scott Horsley
Shell Accused of Closing Refinery to Raise Gas Prices
Oil refining capacity and its contribution to the rise in gasoline prices
Limited refining capacity is one of the reasons for the recent run-up in gasoline prices. In California, Shell is closing one of its three refineries in the state. Jamie Court, of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, accuses Shell of playing its own OPEC-style game, choking off gas from one refinery so it can push up prices. But the oil giant says the oil fields in the area are running dry.
ROFL - I got over that years ago...........it's actually one of the nicer things he is called in some segments of Delaware.
You may already know this, but in case you do not (and for the benefit of others), Chevron was HQ'd in San Francisco until the early 90's. SF then instituted a 'payroll tax' on large employers. That, I understand, was the motivation to move to San Ramon and Concord.
Bechtel also moved their Engineering out of Beale Street, for this and additional reasons as well.
I guess California knows how to pick them. I just wish that I didn't have Sam Farr as my Rep.
You gotta love the guy. Anyone so hated by the left must be doing something right.
she makes a lot of noise, but have you ever seen her do anything EFFECTIVE ? You'll get a bunch of bike riders and hikers to protest the oil companies.
Where do you plan on getting your oil to drive your limos, fly across the country, heat your homes, etc.? There are hundreds of oil wells in this community. There is a oil refinery less than ten minutes away. Why is "pristine Alaskan wilderness area" off limits? There is practically NO ONE living there!!!
I guess Boxer plans on supporting FOREIGN OIL?!!!
What about the pristine deserts of Saudia Arabia?
And .. on top of that she's lying through her teeth.
ANWR is not PRISTINE ALASKAN WILDERNESS - it's a wasteland.
A few polar bears go there in the winter [but there's plenty of other snow covered areas for the bears] - and in the summer, few animals go there because there is no sustainable food supply.
As Savage says, the best she could be if not in politics would be a bra saleperson in the Bronx.
I work as an engineer. California has done a great job at getting all the Fabs to move out of state. Intel has plans to move most of their Santa Clara fabs to Oregon. Northern Virginia has seen a huge boom in semiconductor fabs. Most of the 300mm lines are there. Between the taxes, energy costs, and a plethora of environmental laws, it is no suprise they are leaving.
“There is no shortage of crude oil in the world today. What we see is a shortage of refining capacity, as well as shortages in infrastructures and so forth that drive the price of product up,” he said. “It will not make a difference if Saudi Arabia ships an extra million or 2 million barrels of crude oil to the United States. If you cannot refine it, it will not turn into gasoline and that will not turn into lower prices.”
But refinery capacity is not the only reason gas prices have risen so high, and perhaps not even the main reason. Turn we now to economist Brian Simpson, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Though other factors cause high gas prices, such as high taxes and increasing world demand, environmental regulation is among the primary reasons. For example, environmental regulation has significantly restricted drilling for oil in Alaska and on the continental shelf. More drilling will increase the supply and thus lower prices.
Furthermore, 18 different gasoline formulations are in use across the United States, making it much more costly to produce and distribute gasoline. These blends aren’t needed due to requirements of automobile engines, nor are they required by oil companies. The blends, including different ones used at different times of the year and in different geographic areas, are imposed by environmental regulations. Among other things, the regulations force refiners to incur greater costs in switching from the production of one blend to another. They also force refiners to produce a more costly “summer blend,” which is partially responsible for the rise in price.
The requirement for 18 different gasolines directly relates to refinery capacity because when the last refinery was built 29 years ago, there were only a few kinds of gas being produced. Today, environmental regulations have “salami sliced” refining capacity so that economies of scale are lower than ever and demand for some kinds of gasoline can indeed strain the supply. Says Simpson,
California also imposes the harshest emissions requirements in the country, necessitating the use of a more costly, special blend of gasoline not produced anywhere else. It’s no accident that gas in California is generally 30 to 40 cents above the national average.
And better looking.
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