How is this in any way inconsistent with what Palast wrote? Oil, destined for the California market and to be refined under strict CAL-EPA safeguards, is now shut off.
Bill On Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 11:12:49 (-0700) Leigh Meyers writes: >Jim Devine quoted Greg Palast: >> But $2 a barrel is just the beginning of BP's shut-down bonus. The >> Alaskan oil was destined for the California market which now faces a >> supply crisis at the very height of the summer travel season. The big >> winner is ARCO petroleum, the largest retailer in the Golden State. >> ARCO is a 100%-owned subsidiary of � British Petroleum. >One of the reasons that gas costs more in California is Alaskan oil >cannot be legally prccessed in California without strict CAL-EPA >safeguards, specifically because of the high sulphur content. >For instance, the refineries in ther bay area [see tosco, mentioned on >the linked page] pretty much only proccess fuel oil (heating and plant >operation) and export products from it. ><http://www.chemoil.com/news/Presentations_Optimism.asp?lable=presentation> > >Gregg Palast is now officially the Geraldo Rivera of the left in my >mind. I don't want to feel the need to de-bug his information before >passing it on. > >But there IS a bright side. Mis-information based on the lack of simple >fact-checking would be a good reason for some of the more radical >members of the eco-left to set him adrift on an oil rig deep in the >Arctic Circle. Buh-bye Greg. > > >Leigh >http://leighm.net/
