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Politics : Rat's Nest - Chronicles of Collapse -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jamey who wrote (754)	7/5/2005 12:45:26 AM
From: Bill on the Hill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24228

I wonder why they are not building new refineries. Could it be that it is understood that the supply is not there. Or could it be that keeping a marginal supply will help to create a demand. Having enough raw crude to refine is definitely a problem unless one believes in abiotic oil. Most independent refineries have gone out of business in the last oil recession. Now large multinational firms own most refineries and they have been centrally located. In the event one of these super refineries goes down or has some type of accident it has a profound effect on the pricing of crude. Decentralization of supply is not in the cards if the mutinationals have anything to say about it. And decentralizing production is in my opinion the best way to insure survival of our energy sources. Small refineries producing biofuels in every county seat or at least one per county could relieve any emergency situation encountered in a crisis. What we need are oil companies or drillers that become energy companies. If they viewed any resource be it coal, wind, gas, solar, etc. as a money making opportunity we could begin to develop those resources efficiently. Problem is not many view resources that way yet. If so they would be contacting farmers to begin contracting the growing of soy, corn, rape, switchgrass (tall prairie grass) and any other biofuel raw products. They would also be investing in nanotechnology for solar applications which promise to raise the efficiency of solar to profitable percentages. The problem is so complex and vast that I feel we are unprepared and without proper leadership to move this forward it is like trying to row a boat using one oar on one side. Matthew Simmons or James Kunstler should be required reading.