Oil refineries for making gas have been dwindling in the US and we damn near did it to ourselves. All the rules and regulations from the EPA do not make it appealing for them to be built stateside. Kind of like new US built ships, it just does not happen much at all and has not in a long time, again because of all the rules and regulations. A big factor in the avilabilty of fuel is not the amount of oil out of the ground but the ability to refine it, there are only so many refineries in the world. I find the comments about all the oil companies getting rich off these high prices kind of funny. I work for a oilfield service company and yes we are making more money due to increased exploration for oil. Then my wife works for Chevron-Phillips, they do not make gasoline but do make the things that go in it amongst other related items, they are not making good profits and due to this are laying people off, moving people into what were high paying jobs but at low pay, cutting back on benifits and so on. The value of the US dollar is greatly effecting the cost, the huge increased use of the product worldwide is greatly effecting the cost, the damn traders here in the states are greatly effecting the cost of not only gasoline but also natural gas(this is at a stupid high price because of the traders), and the list can go on I am sure.
On 4/28/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/28/05, Jochem van Dieten wrote: > > Not far? "the refinery" as in only one? > > > > I used to live on the 17th floor and from my window I could see 4 > rerfineries in Rotterdam: Shell, Esso, Q8 and an independent one. I think > there is also a BP refinery in Rotterdam but that was hidden behind an > apartment building. > > I remember hearing that the number of US refineries was dwindling. A > quick Google tells that at the beginning of the 1980's we had 324 and > by 2003 we had only 149. I think the only oil refinery in Wisconsin is > in Superior (way north) and that's a good 325 miles away from here. > > -Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155816 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
