Dave wrote:

Then there's the fact that a new refinery hasn't been built in this country
since the 70s.

Typical brainless boob who belives the Republikan media machine.

If your no new refinery being built idea hold true
then..................
How many Timken Bearing factories ahve been built since the 1970s? Uh..
zero. Do we still have roller berings availible? Yes

How many Hover Vac cleaners factories have ben built since 1970s.. Uh,
zero. So what do you use to suck the crud from your carpet?

How many televisin factories have ben built since 1970s, uh zero. So
why so many TVs in WalMart?

Why did callifornia experience an energy shortage a few years
back............ Enron (PGE) in Oregon simply cut the supply and made
the price go up. How did they do that. Well my good friend and engeneer
at a PGE coal fired power station said corporate order the plant off
line for "general maintaince" Interesting thing was it was not a
scheduled shut down and as an engeener he said it was not need or part
of the established preventive maintaince schedule. They shut the plant
down to paint stuff.

NOw al they have to do is jack up prices and then blame it on
liberals
democrats
envionmentalst
free marke supply and demand.,

Makes sense to me. Just reduce the supply, jack up the price.
In other words, work half as much and make twice the money..........
NOw that is good business sense.


Hey, don't belive me.................. read the guy's post here who
retired from a refinery.
Same plant...................... double the prodution.