I keep hearing about the government's attempts to limit gas demand and/or increase oil production via drilling... but isn't it
refineries that we're in dire need of?
Why isn't everyone pushing to build more
refineries?
Instead, every republican seems to be pushing for more
drilling?
I admit to not knowing a lot about the subject so maybe somebody can clue me in.
Didn't the Saudis recently tell Bush that drilling more (wherever one might drill) wasn't the solution, but rather a lack of refining capacity was at the heart of our current price problem??
Not a lack of
raw crude.
BTW, I loved how the Saudi's phrased it to Dubya - practically quoting the Merovingian to Neo. They said they "saw no reason" to increase drilling/production on their end, "no reason at all".

No reason at all, indeed.
On a related topic, does Dubya have any clue what the country's strategery oil reserve is for? Maybe he'll buy a clue when it gets a little closer to election time.
