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Originally Posted by Southern Man
I think the people who are dragging their feet are the environmentalists. Stifling growth suits both their stated and actual agenda. I don't see why a CEO beholden to stockholders would want to stifle growth in his company, since stock value is dependent on growth potential.
Military bases are typically as far away from urban areas as possible. But not always. Brownfields are typically in urban areas. Pipelines typically go to urban areas to feed "tank farms", which of course, feed the urbanites huge appetite for fuel.
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Did you read the article wannabehippie put up? or just discount it out of hand because it came from the Washington Post?
In it it quotes oil company execs saying it is not in their best financial interests to build new refineries at the time of the article... maybe with gas and oil prices at record heights, they'd answer differently now.
Blame those who can but choose not to. The oil companies.
Got record profits quarter after quarter?
why yes... yes they do...