Due to the stupid "save the planet" geniuses, we literally need to export Texas light sweet crude oil which is easy to refine to other countries who have the refineries we should have built here years ago Yet another disastrous Democrat decision.
California is closing refineries to meet its green dream goals, and the rest of the country is recognizing the need for more refining capacity. The Trump administration's actions are necessary, but will be undone by the next Democrat administration. Biden's term demonstrated the reality of that statement.
Pardon me John, but the “green dream” is a globalist wet dream. The anti growth Fed raising interest rates is doing what it can to establish the next Democrat/Socialist administration and to put the last nail in the coffin of the GOP.
“If the product is this valuable, private capital should have built more of it already. Demand is not what is missing. What is missing is a lender willing to believe that a plant costing billions of dollars will be permitted, finished, operated, and paid off across decades.” This missing piece impacts many things, especially continuing wars. This is China and Russia’s advantage over the U.S. Our fickle competing Congressional officials and corrupted political parties render us weakened against decades of determination.
There is no denying the Fed and State environmental regulations and how that reduces the desire for investors to put their funds in something that may take 20 years to make a return on their investment. To fight the environmental NGOs dampens investment enthusiasm.
Another American weakness and extreme additional expense added to the lives of EVERY American, yet the media and democrats (sorry for the redundancy) hide it from the public for no other reason than the obvious: they plan to destroy the middle class and American independence.
The problem that no one talks about, in a nutshell. Not only building new refineries, but those capable of refining the types of crude oil that we are taking out of the ground. California should have been a cautionary tale for the rest of us. Thanks for this excellent piece.
The US is a net exporter of petroleum products. Although LPG represents a significant volume of these exports and its production is independent of refineries, there are still substantial gasoline and diesel exports. Look at the current controversy over siting of data centers, which are fairly innocuous compared to refineries. Considering our net exporter situation and siting hurdles, it’s no wonder there have been no refineries built recently.
The national-security question concerns whether finished fuel can reach users when needed. Crude production, refinery capacity, and actual output are different measurements. Beaumont illustrates how expanding an existing facility can add substantial processing capability without constructing another refinery from scratch. However, closures reduced national distillation capacity between early 2020 and early 2022, demonstrating why additions must be considered alongside losses. Muse’s article connects refining with pipelines, storage, and transportation, treating fuel availability as a supply-chain issue, which it is, making the relevant questions concrete: available capacity, maintenance requirements, delivery infrastructure, project schedules, and resilience when individual facilities become unavailable.
Due to the stupid "save the planet" geniuses, we literally need to export Texas light sweet crude oil which is easy to refine to other countries who have the refineries we should have built here years ago Yet another disastrous Democrat decision.
California is closing refineries to meet its green dream goals, and the rest of the country is recognizing the need for more refining capacity. The Trump administration's actions are necessary, but will be undone by the next Democrat administration. Biden's term demonstrated the reality of that statement.
Pardon me John, but the “green dream” is a globalist wet dream. The anti growth Fed raising interest rates is doing what it can to establish the next Democrat/Socialist administration and to put the last nail in the coffin of the GOP.
I'm more optimistic, otherwise I'd hang myself.
Please don’t do that. I would miss your voice on SubStack. 😉
Don't worry, ever since I moved to Central Oregon I've been smiling. Greater Idaho, here we come!
“If the product is this valuable, private capital should have built more of it already. Demand is not what is missing. What is missing is a lender willing to believe that a plant costing billions of dollars will be permitted, finished, operated, and paid off across decades.” This missing piece impacts many things, especially continuing wars. This is China and Russia’s advantage over the U.S. Our fickle competing Congressional officials and corrupted political parties render us weakened against decades of determination.
There is no denying the Fed and State environmental regulations and how that reduces the desire for investors to put their funds in something that may take 20 years to make a return on their investment. To fight the environmental NGOs dampens investment enthusiasm.
Another American weakness and extreme additional expense added to the lives of EVERY American, yet the media and democrats (sorry for the redundancy) hide it from the public for no other reason than the obvious: they plan to destroy the middle class and American independence.
The problem that no one talks about, in a nutshell. Not only building new refineries, but those capable of refining the types of crude oil that we are taking out of the ground. California should have been a cautionary tale for the rest of us. Thanks for this excellent piece.
The US is a net exporter of petroleum products. Although LPG represents a significant volume of these exports and its production is independent of refineries, there are still substantial gasoline and diesel exports. Look at the current controversy over siting of data centers, which are fairly innocuous compared to refineries. Considering our net exporter situation and siting hurdles, it’s no wonder there have been no refineries built recently.
The national-security question concerns whether finished fuel can reach users when needed. Crude production, refinery capacity, and actual output are different measurements. Beaumont illustrates how expanding an existing facility can add substantial processing capability without constructing another refinery from scratch. However, closures reduced national distillation capacity between early 2020 and early 2022, demonstrating why additions must be considered alongside losses. Muse’s article connects refining with pipelines, storage, and transportation, treating fuel availability as a supply-chain issue, which it is, making the relevant questions concrete: available capacity, maintenance requirements, delivery infrastructure, project schedules, and resilience when individual facilities become unavailable.
"Green" is a political term, NOT an environmental term.
Don't be a NIMBY.