[Bob Seger]

Bob did you even read what you typed. We are exporting gasoline yet we can't produce enough for our own demands? Hmmm. Something is missing there. I agree they need to build more refineries and we should work with them to do so. But I also don't want to turn our country into even more of a toxic wasteland than it is. Go fish the Ohio and eat it and come back to me in a year if you are still alive after doing that for a year. I've grown up my entire life in an area that is purely toxic. The air and water quality is some of the worst in the country and our cancer rates are crazy high due to it.

How much did bp pay for the toxic stew they created in the gulf. How much do American taxpayers pay? Sure there are some risks we take for having cheaper fuel or products but our govt let's these companies slide by with nothing less than pure negligence. Because the big energy and oil corps fatten the pockets of the politicians who are supposed to be protecting us

lol...Evidently you didn't read what I typed. I said when economic times are "good" in the US. The reason why we are exporting is because of vacant refining capacity. Anyone who understands about how the manufacturing/production process works can tell you that the cost of whatever you are producing goes down when you are running at full capacity. Gasoline would even be higher than it is now if these refineries were not filling the US demand "void" with exports.

But I do agree with what you posted in another thread saying that the price has been driven up due to speculators rather than what supply/demand has dictated.


I dont know Beetle about the cost of the spill. How much did BP pay out? How much did the US taxpayer pay out?