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To: Gondring

I was suprised to hear on the news yesterday that the Strategic Reserve could completely replace Gulf area production for over a year. President Bush has been buidling up the reserves since 9-11. They then went on to explain that the real problem, as you point out, is lost refinery capacity.


2,674 posted on 08/29/2005 9:23:19 AM PDT by Chesterbelloc
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To: Chesterbelloc
Solution;

1) Shoot all environmentalists.

2) Build more refineries.

3) Step #2 cannot happen without step #1.
2,696 posted on 08/29/2005 9:25:58 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Chesterbelloc

Well, the cynical (leftie) side will say "yes, Bush will sell off the SPR so he can refill it at inflated prices to help his oil buddies like he did when he filled it up at the beginning of his presidency"... but we have to recall that Clinton dumped "emergency" assets to help his re-election--even more than was used for the Gulf War!

Still, the refinery capacity is what bottlenecks, and there are many other complexities that explain that (like why we haven't built any more refineries!)


2,720 posted on 08/29/2005 9:27:58 AM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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