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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (28479)	10/11/2004 11:27:25 AM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

There is a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere. lol. What % of the United States is in the southern hemisphere? What southern hemisphere markets do US oil refineries serve? How much driving do, say, Americans do, compared to Antarcticans? You used gasoline prices that appeared to be U.S. prices. Are you now slippery-sloping to world markets and other considerations of international oil politics to confuse the issue? But limiting it to the northern hemisphere, what would balance the decreased demand for gasoline and heating fuel oil such that there is a high demand and price for crude. I'm not sure I understand your question by "balance" in that context. If I do understand it correctly, one consideration would seem to be the need to refine and store heating fuel for winter in advance. Like squirrels and their nuts, people are best served when they aren't caught short of heating oil for the winter. I see squirrels in full gear right now, even before the heating season has started. Have you gathered your your nuts for the winter?<g> I'd like to see where your "What a Barrel of Crude Oil Makes," and where it comes from. There are various processes of chemical distillation and cracking that allow oil companies to change the end product mix, I'm told. I know that you and your left-wing buddies love to slam energy producers without giving much thought about what they do, how they do it, and what they do for us. They keep your nuts warm in the winter. Maybe you should dig into it a little more. We haven't even discussed transportation and storage issues, taxes, and local demand differences, which explain in part why gas is a lot cheaper near refineries and ports (usually) than in large cities.