The people need to demand that the government authorize 10 new refineries and open all viable oil fields. If they happen to find oil in my back yard I will donate my property to the cause.
The oil companies have been closing refineries over the last decade. They're not in any hurry to build new ones.
Did they close them because they wanted to or because it cost to much to comply to a green law?
Look at how the government and civil court system have been sodomizing the oil companies with over-regulation and threat of litigation.
Would you be in a hurry to double, treble, or quadruple your liability by adding a refinery to the one or two you may already possess as a ompany?
Let the government provide something akin to a stable business environment to make it worth the oil companies' investment.
The EPA, and politicians are on a runaway in this area. The oil companies see investment in new refineries as akin to setting up a business in the Korean DMZ.
Just how many did they close? Refinery capacity has increased 13% in the last decade. Granted that isn't enough, but a lot of existing refineries continue to be expanded.