Re: Motivation for the Oil Barons

On Jun 6, 11:32 am, DB <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Perhaps you are not getting this. The industry has the capacity they
> want. If they don't apply for expansions and act on them, this is what
> you get.

This of course entirely begs the question as to *why*.

> Counting refineries is stupid on its face. With half the
> refineries that existed 20 some years ago, capacity is down 8%...

Which, considering the significant *increase* in demand, is hardly
impressive - and thus it makes my point, not yours.

> ...But all you see is the Environmental boggy man...

It's not I who see it. It is clearly industry itself, just as other
industries have fled the country entirely or outsourced - or in some
cases forced out of business entirely.

But in a way it always surprises me when enviroNazis shrink at
cheering their accomplishments. If their objective is to strangle
industry - especially the energy industry - they are doing precisely
what they set out to do.

It is we of course who now have to endure the results.

Fred Weiss