On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 04:03:55 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

We are dangerously low on refinery capacity, and current EPA regulations
make it essentially impossible to build any more in the U.S.

It's insane, but it's the law.

And what would you run through them once you built them?
If you want to see the price of crude really go up, just add more
refinery capacity. Of course that would increase our dependency on
foreign oil even more.

We don't need more refinery capacity, we need to use less


So you wouldn't have any problem with a new refinery coming on-line up
wind of your abode?

Depends on how far upwind.

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

What do you mean used to? I flew down through there last summer and
it was darn near IFR on a sunshiny day. I was actually thinking about
filing when it started clearing up as I got to the south of Gary. It
was making me cough at 5,000 feet. Admittedly it's nothing like it
was back in the 60s and 70s but it's still a highly polluted area.
Yes, I'm familiar with what it used to be like as I had an uncle who
worked down there.

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