Can we say ice? The Great Lakes freeze up in the winter. For historical
reasons, all the oil and gas is barged up the Hudson River from New York
City to Albany. The Coast Guard makes a major effort to keep a channel
open in the winter.

"Roger" wrote in message
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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