On Aug 31, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But it's not exactly true [*] that no new refinery
was build,
because those that exist are upgraded regularly to
2x,
4x, etc their initial capacity.
Alberto Monteiro
This is absolutely true, and something I said a few
minutes ago in a talk with my Mom on this same topic.
It is also true, though, that despite these
improvements in capacity, US refining capacity was
running flat-out even before Katrina, and this is not
a good thing and something that really needed to be
alleviated with some new construction.
Or a more sensible approach to gasoline usage, such as not owning SUVs,
not driving to a corner store for a pack of cigarettes, or even to the
grocery store a block or two away for eggs and milk.
On the one hand it seems sensible to build more refineries and step up
production. On the other it seems more sensible to reduce consumption.
The difference between these views is that, eventually, consumption
*will have to be* reduced, because petroleum is a finite non-renewable
resource, and eventually it will be gone.
This could be the *real* reason why no new refineries are being built.
They might not have anything to refine, sooner than some people might
expect.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress "The Seven-Year Mirror"
http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf
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