I emailed Sessions and Shelby (Senators - Alabama) this morning over this situation.
Congress knew after Camille that we shouldn’t put “all our eggs in one basket” meaning putting most of the oil production down there.
DRILL ANWR NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
I am waiting for the first picture of the dems and libs having a good time or daring to enjoy themselves tonight as the storm comes ashore. During Gustav they insisted that the nation halt in its tracks and watch with bated breath. Shameful grandstanding!
Greens Thwart Gasoline Production
"... The Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council, or NRDC, successfully pressured the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block ConocoPhillips’ expansion of its Roxana, Ill., gasoline refinery, which processes heavy crude oil from Canada, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
The project would have expanded the volume of Canadian crude processed from 60,000 barrels per day to more than 500,000 barrels a day by 2015. After the Illinois EPA had approved the expansion, the green groups petitioned the federal EPA to block it, alleging ConocoPhillips wasn’t using the best available technology for reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.
Apparently, the plant’s planned 95 percent reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions and 25 percent reduction in nitrogen oxides wasn’t green enough..."
U.S. Refineries Operable Capacity
Topics for Petroleum Refining and Processing
From the Liberal Media:
Refinery Backlog Prompts Spike in Gas Prices (May 7, 2007: "Refineries can't keep pace with demand.")
U.S. refiners stretch to meet demand (Nov. 22, 2004: "Can existing plants continue to squeeze more output?")
Behind high gas prices: The refinery crunch (April 17 2007: "When gasoline prices surge, a lack of refining capacity is often blamed.")