Some are contending that enviornmental regulations are "preventing" the
constructions of new refineries.

Mike
MU-2


"Jimmy B." wrote in message
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Mike Rapoport wrote:
Why would this be good? Who would it be good for? How would you get the
crude to Gary Indiana?

You don't get it. It is not enviornmental regulation that is preventing
new refineries from being constructed.

What is preventing new refineries? (Sorry, I keep getting lost in the
thread.)



Mike
MU-2


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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.

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 for a new refinery or ten.

It would be nice if our supposed "oil president" would issue an executive
order mandating construction of new refineries, pronto -- environmental
restrictions be damned. Of course, it would be tied up in the courts for
the next 15 years, and nothing would get done.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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