The oil companies have failed to add additional refineries because for the last 35 years the enviro nazis have fought every attempt to build a new refinery until the oil companies gave up. Why don't the Sierra Club, Greenpeace and the rest of the enviro kooks step up and take credit for their part in creating this mess.

yeah what he said

just a reminder

does anyone know how to say *****RECORD PROFITS*****


we all seem to think the supply is the cause for high price

when in reality it is corporate greed

just a thought

but hey

what do i know

This doesn't make since since the oil companies have in fact shut down existing refineries and boosted production at others. By making improvements they have been able to boost those facilities production totals without reducing capabilities, and only operating those facilities at 85%.
Experts instead site the reason as economic. There is very little profit in refining and huge profits in maintaining the existing practice of raiseing prices over and over.
Their are existing shut down facilitie's sites that could be upgraded with modern technology without the need to procure permits, and the time required to receive the permits necessary to build new ones is estimated at 8-12 years depending on effort placed in applying for the permits, and by using closed military facilities could be even less.
This is a mute argument considering Oil companies have not even attempted to open new ones and have instead chosen to shut down half the ones that were in operation 30 years ago.
There is one man attempting to open a new refinery in AZ. He is in his 6th year of doing so, but is currently waiting on a Presidential permit before he can proceed further. This is a brand new facility on a brand new site. Other than him there have been no attempts to do anything since 1976!

You guys are just listening to the excuses offered by Oil Co.'s and accepting that as fact. I have read and researched the reasons.
And dont ask for links, I dont have them now, all that just came from my brain. (memory)

after all what would you do with a brain if YOU had one

(in best dorathy voice)

I could excuse the Oil Companies lack of effort in applying for permits and attempting to build new refineries while making obscene profits, if they at least upgraded and reopened some of the facilities they shut-down or were investing in finding alternative fuel sources.
However they arent!

I have a question.
Maybe someone here can answer.
How many Democrats are directly involved with the Oil Companies?

I really dont know, but surely there has to be at least one!

what part of RECORD PROFITS do you not understand

oil companies a gouging the public and endagering the economy thus the survival of the country


you would think the illuminati was in charge or something

how can you be in the federal govt and not be (involved) with them


just a point

but maybe a pointless one

I wouldn't say that is a pointless point.

I just dont know of any. I wouldn't mind giving them the blame too. I dislike all these money grubbing, people forgetting, politicians not just Republicans.

I am anti-incumbent. Too many politicians sit in Washington for life. It makes them greedy and they forget who put them there. I will not vote for one of these Professional politicians and if everyone else would take the same attitude as me we could begin to solve some of our problems!

that is one of the most logical posts (other than mine of course )that i have seen in a long time

Thank you

I like the way you think too...
Now if we could get the sheeple people to wake up and think for themselves...............

well i will think for them if they need some one to do it

Thank you Hugo Chavez.

much better picture for serious discussion war

Really war, that might make gas prices rise! (sarcasm)

I dont like Chavez either!!

but we like there oil

and he likes sending it here

I'm tempted to change it back just because you said that.

I wouldn't be doing my civic duty if I didn't mention the devaluing of the dollar by the Federal reserve.

When you're dollar only buys 20 cents worth, you're gonna find yourself shelling out more dollars for the same amount of goods.