Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
I started this because I'm peed off about the 35 cent price rise in gasoline, not on who is or was president. Its just an example of one problem, that cant be solved because of corporate greed over national interests. Some of you are going to say "more drilling" we are drilling more, and refining at almost full capacity.But is it benefitting american citizens? Maybe a few with vested interests in the energy market.
I don't know if it is greed or not........

I do know any hiccup in the supply......namely refined products will cause HUGE issues for us. Obama refuses to build refineries. REFUSES.

If we had 5-10 more refineries, where the load is split across multiple areas, AND you didn't have to ship product 500-800 miles when there was a refinery down, maybe that would help stave the demand.

I really believe and have always believed the refinery side of SUPPLY is extremely suspect to problems.

Lets break it down.

* When we switch over to RFG.........problems.
* When we switch over to heating oil.........problems.
* When we switch back to winter mix.......problems.
* When there is a refinery fire or issue.........problems.
* When refineries shut down due to weather.......problems.

Maybe if we had redundant refinery capacity.............We could at least control the costs a little.

Later,

Geo