Comments on: Oil, Oil, Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Refine http://www.draveed.com/?p=535 The place I think out loud Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:17:31 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: draveed http://www.draveed.com/?p=535&cpage=1#comment-4497 draveed Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:55:29 +0000 http://www.draveed.com/?p=535#comment-4497 Well Mike, I'm VERY glad to hear there is some progress on building a new refinery. 2010 is kinda far, but hey, at least it's something. Thanks for the good news. Simon, the enviromentalists certainly aren't helping; that's for sure. I don't get why people won't question how it's perfectly fine to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but it's somehow evil and wrong to drill along the Atlantic or Pacific coasts. Why is there even a choice here? Why can't oil companies drill along the coasts AND also pursue alternative sources of energy? That's something for everyone and provides our future with some insurance. What if these new energy sources don't pan out? We'll research them for 10 or 20 years and be left with nothing to show for it? At least if we allow drilling today, we have a familiar energy source to fall back on in case things don't turn out as expected. Well Mike, I’m VERY glad to hear there is some progress on building a new refinery. 2010 is kinda far, but hey, at least it’s something. Thanks for the good news.

Simon, the enviromentalists certainly aren’t helping; that’s for sure. I don’t get why people won’t question how it’s perfectly fine to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but it’s somehow evil and wrong to drill along the Atlantic or Pacific coasts.

Why is there even a choice here? Why can’t oil companies drill along the coasts AND also pursue alternative sources of energy? That’s something for everyone and provides our future with some insurance. What if these new energy sources don’t pan out? We’ll research them for 10 or 20 years and be left with nothing to show for it? At least if we allow drilling today, we have a familiar energy source to fall back on in case things don’t turn out as expected.

]]> By: M. Simon http://www.draveed.com/?p=535&cpage=1#comment-4494 M. Simon Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:39:35 +0000 http://www.draveed.com/?p=535#comment-4494 So you have to ask yourself: Is it possible that the enviros are the cause of the oil war? <a href="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-is-stickup.html" rel="nofollow">No Blood For Oil or No Drilling For Oil?</a> === I think their days (Democrat/Enviro alliance) are numbered. Just as the Dems are no longer so close to the anti-gun crowd. Backing losers is a losing proposition. The Ds are not going to do near as well in Nov. as they believe. So you have to ask yourself: Is it possible that the enviros are the cause of the oil war?

No Blood For Oil or No Drilling For Oil?

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I think their days (Democrat/Enviro alliance) are numbered. Just as the Dems are no longer so close to the anti-gun crowd. Backing losers is a losing proposition.

The Ds are not going to do near as well in Nov. as they believe.

]]> By: Mike http://www.draveed.com/?p=535&cpage=1#comment-4491 Mike Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:58:16 +0000 http://www.draveed.com/?p=535#comment-4491 We may eventually see a new refinery in the U.S. in a few years. South Dakota voters approved rezoning for a planned refinery. It will process Canadian crude. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2010. Better late than never. <a><i>S.D. county approves rezoning for new oil refinery</i></a> Also, see <a><i>Crude Rising Faster Than Gasoline</i></a>. We may eventually see a new refinery in the U.S. in a few years. South Dakota voters approved rezoning for a planned refinery. It will process Canadian crude. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2010. Better late than never.

S.D. county approves rezoning for new oil refinery

Also, see Crude Rising Faster Than Gasoline.

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