On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 01:27:37 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Jay Honeck" wrote \

One idea: If you've ever driven past Gary, Indiana, you would see mile
after mile of abandoned steel mills (that employed thousands, and used to
stink to holy heaven when I was a boy). That would be a perfect location
for a new refinery or ten.

Problem there is the fact that a supertanker doesn't fit too well in the
Great Lakes locks, and that means no good way to get all of the crude up
there, needed for the refinery to work well. (or at all) :-)

There's plans for a new/additional lock, but I don't think you can get
super tankers as far as the Great Lakes. Maybe, but I don't recall
any really wide boats/ships on them.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com