Breathe fire

[txswinner]

Re: Breathe fire

Tax incentives and welfare differ only in whether the receiver is in need or in power. How is that for all the colors and shiny.

 

[PW2]

Re: Breathe fire

First of all, it is a myth that no new refineries have been built. No new locations have been utilized, perhaps, but capacity at existing refineries have been increased.<br /><br />It is an expensive proposition building a new refinery, not to mention building a new gas pipeline to distribute the production, and new inbound crude pipelines to feed it. <br /><br />The oil companies will figure out how to permit them, if it makes economic sense to build them.

 

[grandx]

Re: Breathe fire

Oil is a commodity, traded openly on the global market. There are hundreds of oil companies, many very large, none of which control the pricing, the recent re-combining of The Old Standard oil companies is allowed because of the size and globalization of the oil industry worldwide. If Exxon makes $10 a barrel profit for every barrel sold at $40/barrel, then they stand to pocket more at $60/barrel, record profits go hand in hand with record prices.... I'm not saying there hasn't been some hanky panky with gasoline pricing, but there is no monopoly on the oil side. More refineries is a good idea, and Opec controls oil pricing more than any other body. Bush and the US are not members of OPEC.

 

[K5WAS]

Re: Breathe fire

Sauda Araba has offered to build a refinery in the US, Our lawmaker won't let them.