Text 4435, 41 rader
Skriven 2007-06-04 17:28:24 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
     Kommentar till en text av Bob Klahn
Ärende: the cost of war/oil
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Hello Bob!

04 Jun 07 10:45, you wrote to me:

 RC>> If there was a national standard, as opposed to only on the
 RC>> state level, for the various blemds. the prices wouldnt be
 RC>> so high. Having a few more refineries wouldnt hurt either.

 BK>  The number of state standards and the number of refineries
 BK>  hasn't changed since last year. Certainly not in the last few
 BK>  months. There are refinery shutdowns every year. So, with no
 BK>  shortage of gas, no increase in state standards, no decrease in
 BK>  the number of refineries, why are prices shooting up like they
 BK>  are?

Well I doubt its a conspiracy with Congress on a witch hunt..

But if you want to look at potential solutions to the problem..

Having blends that are acceptable in all states means less refinery down time
to switch over, it might even not make a difference to supply when heating oil
production is ramped up in the fall/winter months.

As long as my car can burn the Californies gas, lets adopt Californy standards
and be done wiffit.

Building new refineries is expensive, especially for the environmental
regulations and studies that have to be funded and conducted prior to
construction.

Of course locating refineries in hurricane zones and earthquake zones isnt very
wise either.


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