We can build a 50-foot concrete wall around a refinery, it just costs a whole lot of money, ... That kind of storm is extremely rare. At some point, somebody said, `This is a risk I can live with.`Ÿ
Chris Johnson
Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 ...
Marsha Blackburn
He has said for a long time that it`s a national security issue, our reliance on foreign oil. We haven`t built a new refinery in this country in two decades. I think what`s happening here is things are coming home to roost.
Ann Holtz
Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.
Andrea Okomski
Galveston bay area right now, that`s in the path of Hurricane Rita, is the home to about 25 percent of refinery capacity of the United States, so there is definitely going to be an increase in gas for us as consumers. Now how much, it`s hard to say.
Cynthia Harris
Demand is outstripping supply and this is the bullet point of the problem. The U.S. refinery snags are adding fuel to the flames. Certainly, in the long term, prices will head higher.
John Brady
He has said for a long time that it`s a national security issue, our reliance on foreign oil, ... We haven`t built a new refinery in this country in two decades. I think what`s happening here is things are coming home to roost.
Ann Holtz
With today`s technology, a new refinery could be really clean - far cleaner than today`s refineries - in theory.
Eric Schaeffer
