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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (42070)	8/28/2005 2:46:19 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

"One thing we know, oil has gone up 300% under Bush and there's no way we're using three times as much as we used to. Maybe 20% more max." Look, I don't like those guys any better than you do, but it ain't us; it's China and India. They are upping consumption like crazy. Poor nations are already having gas problems, riots, even. This ain't Enron; they ain't jacking us around this time. This is real, and not an Enron thing. It costs more to refine now. For every gal of oil SA pumps, they get 6-7 gal of salt water, which has to be removed. When you get away from light sweet crude, it costs more to refine. There is a field off SA that is so heavy and sour, nobody can even refine it; have to build entire new infrastructure for it. You have to stop thinking politics on this; it's different this time.