To: appalachian_dweller
Crude oil supply isn't the only issue controlling gasoline prices.
Refinery capacity has a HUGH and VEY SERIES impact on price. And we have added ZERO refinery capacity in this country since 1968. Nobody wants a smelly, icky, ugly refinery anywhere near them...but they sure as **** want cheap gasoline.
24 posted on
09/08/2003 12:24:13 PM PDT by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: Poohbah
And we have added ZERO refinery capacity in this country since 1968. We haven't built a new refinery, but I'm pretty certain there have been some expansions of existing plants.
We are, however, to the point where we have to import refined gasoline, especially during the summer driving season.
31 posted on
09/08/2003 12:47:29 PM PDT by
Dog Gone
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