Re: Motivation for the Oil Barons

Fred Weiss wrote:
 > 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*.

Business, of course
 >
 >> 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.

So? You simply don't understand that liquid production has been moving 
to unconventionals and that oil companies find a better profit in 
refining outside the U.S. where the oil is produced. Perhaps you missed 
the part where U.S. production has declined by 5mb/d over the last forty 
years.

 >> ...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.

Dummy. We don't produce half the oil we did 40 years ago. Your dots are 
based on an agenda, not what is really going on.

 > But in a way it always surprises me when enviroNazis...

Your agenda is showing again. Grow up. There are much more im****tant 
issues facing this world. Peak oil a la crippled economies. This is an 
epoch time in the history of mankind.

But I've been here before with you and seriously doubt you will get your 
head out of your ass.....