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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Time to go up to Alaska and start drilling.
15 posted on 03/23/2004 8:48:30 AM PST by SB00
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To: SB00
Time to go up to Alaska and start drilling.

Although that is a good idea, it won't happen and it's not particularly helpful because the high cost for crude is only a part of the problem.

There hasn't been a new refinery built in this country for 25 years. Government taxes are high. Government mandates for formulations of gasoline to be sold in certain markets also cause a large part of the problem. Distribution for those products is a mess. Many problems, not one simple answer I'm afraid.

16 posted on 03/23/2004 9:11:30 AM PST by Protagoras (When they asked me what I thought of freedom in America,,, I said I thought it would be a good idea.)
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