Mike Rapoport wrote:

It has very little to do with liberals or conservatives. You seem to
believe that:
1) There is significant oil to be found in the US. This is not true.
There are considerable reserves sir. Not as much as in the middle east, but
considerable and they are doing no one any good sitting in the ground.
2) It is the right of this generation to use all the natural resources on
the planet.
All generations do what they need to do, both giving and taking.
3) That all availible resources should be extracted to facilitate your (and
my) wasteful consumption.
Speak for yourself!!!! I DO NOT WASTE. Maybe YOU do, buty I don't and I
resent your insinuating that I do. get a life.




It is very expensive to add refining capacity. Consider that a refinery
takes at least a square mile of land on the coast at a major port. The
places that really need it (California) have very high real estate prices.
Current refining margins don't justify adding major capacity. Why don't you
invest in natural gas instead of complaining about the price of energy?
That is something YOU can do that will solve YOUR problem.

So What??? its expensive to do ANYTHING in this world today. Flying is
expensive... that means we all should not do it? Thank you Mr. Negative.


They have always done this. Gasoline in MN needs to be different from that
in AZ.
and WHY? This is NOT necessary, it is pure politics and costs us all money and wasted
time and overhead. Thank you again Mr. Negative.



This I agree with, it makes very little sense to burn precious petroleum to
produce electricity.. There was recently a new permit application filed for
a nuclear plant. Hopefullt there will be more.

Well... finally *something* Mr. Negative agrees with.
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Snip the rest because its alll the same BS....
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WE are the problem, not the "government", not the liberals, not the
conservatives, not the enviornmentalists, not the oil companies and not the
auto companies.

Maybe YOU are the problem sir, but *I* am not. Again, please speak for yourself.
I am sorry that you have such an inferiority complex, but I am a net producer
and contributor to this economy and I am *not* the problem.