"JohnH" wrote

Worldwide demand causing a 50% increase in fuel price is met with "stop
whining America", whereas a relatively temporary price spike caused by
hurricanes is solved by quickly building more refineries at any
environmental cost. And you imply I'm dense!

And you must be dense to imply he is dense.

We need more refineries, because too many eggs are in one basket, that is,
the refineries in a very small area of the Gulf of Mexico. The fact that
refinery output running so close to the maximum output makes things worse,
in that the refineries not in the damage zones can not take up the slack.

I don't recall anyone ever saying "at any cost to the environment."
--
Jim in NC