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Sammy. Give us the reasonable, logical, responsible explanation of why the oil industry is in a crisis due to lack of refining capacity. Well, let me restate that. The oil industry is not in a crisis, as I stated just now. The consumer is paying high prices, as a consequence of the refining bottleneck. Show us how the oil industry spins that in a way that shifts the blame to someone else. (I have a guess as to who is going to be implicated here. It starts with a "G." But again, the net effect is that consumers pay higher prices. So.....I guess the oil industry benefits from a gubmit failing? That's pretty convenient. Or clever.)
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Do your own research. You will find that refining capacity in the US has grown slowly, but the demand has grown much quicker and has outpaced domestic production. You will also find that we import a significant amount of fuel to make up for our deficit in domestic production. Ee haven't built a new refinery since the late 70s and since then hundreds of smaller refineries closed down because they were not profitable.
Existing refineries have upgraded and de-bottlenecked to increase capacity a little, but not enough to keep up with demand.
A little more research will show that previously importing fuel was cost effective, it was readily available and not all that expensive.
That has changed. Overseas development and increased demand abroad has created a bidding war, so instead of having an abundant easy supply to import, we are now competing for that supply so the cost has increased.
I'm not making it up, go look for yourself.
If we use more than we make (which is easily proven) we have to get it somewhere. if it costs more to import fuel, we pay more. If we lose some domestic production, it makes a much larger difference that before.
Just a little effort on your part will show you this is true. But it may be more convenient for you to continue blaming the big bad oil men and not do the research, that better fits into your agenda.