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[reformedrethug]

better get busy building refineries in this country then. Most of our refineries are concentrated in the deep south which also makes them vunerable to Katrina like storms. We need at least 2 refineries in each region of the country to make your idea work. That way if one or two went down for what ever reason we would have enough others to take up the slack until they came back online. The problem today is twofold, one is the fact that it is almost too expensive to build a new refinery and the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) mentality of people in this country. We all want cheaper oil products but nobody wants a new refinery in their area, something has to give somewhere or we are screwed.