• OT? - Maybe He'll Put it in Portland

    From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 11 19:15:26 2023
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-build-new-us-oil-refinery-america
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    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to George.Anthony on Wed Apr 12 13:58:38 2023
    On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 5:15:28 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-build-new-us-oil-refinery-america
    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    LOL, I love it. Thank you. It has been long enough that the suckers have forgotten the last refinery pump and dump. At one time it was a big topic here because our conservative nut cases thought it needed to happen and they figured these guys would
    do it. When was the last time you heard of this company? Or any new refineries? Mexico sends oil to us so we can refine it and send it back to them.

    "Building New Refinery a Difficult Prospect"

    July 4, 2007 4:00 PM ET

    "An Arizona company has overcome significant hurdles toward building the first new U.S. oil refinery in three decades. But it still can't get financing or an assured supply of oil. With a push for bio-fuels and ethanol, big oil seems reluctant to spend
    billions for conventional refining — which could keep supplies tight and prices high.

    ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

    As the nation weighs its energy future, the U.S. still depends on an aging infrastructure to produce gasoline. We're talking about oil refineries. And the country hasn't built a new one in three decades. Cost is one hurdle; regulation is another.

    NPR's Ted Robbins has the story of one man who's trying to open a refinery in the southwest.

    TED ROBBINS: Arizona gets its gasoline from California and the Gulf Coast. Glen McGinnis, who's made a career expanding and operating oil refineries, wants to change that. A year ago, he stood on top of an abandoned irrigation ditch in the desert east of
    Yuma and imagined.

    Mr. GLEN McGINNIS (CEO, Arizona Clean Fuels): What I see is, you know, is a state-of-the-art oil refinery sitting here between where we are here and the interstate that you can see in the distance.

    ROBBINS: At that point, the company McGinnis had had just received a rare air quality permit from the state of Arizona. The state gave the permit because it agreed this refinery will put out about half the pollution as any other -hence, the company's
    name, Arizona Clean Fuels. Since then, though, the economic hurdles have been much bigger than the regulatory ones. The biggest? Raising $3 billion to build the refinery."
    [snip]

    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11737359

    Our refineries are turning out more refined products that we can use here. We are already an exporter of refined oil products and have been for a long time. So now this guy is raising $14 billion of other people's money for a refinery we need even
    less than ever? Oh yeah. This has good idea written all over it. lqtm

    TB

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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Wed Apr 12 17:37:02 2023
    On 4/12/2023 3:58 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 5:15:28 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-build-new-us-oil-refinery-america
    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.
    Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    LOL, I love it. Thank you. It has been long enough that the suckers have forgotten the last refinery pump and dump. At one time it was a big topic here because our conservative nut cases thought it needed to happen and they figured these guys
    would do it. When was the last time you heard of this company? Or any new refineries? Mexico sends oil to us so we can refine it and send it back to them.

    "Building New Refinery a Difficult Prospect"

    July 4, 2007 4:00 PM ET

    "An Arizona company has overcome significant hurdles toward building the first new U.S. oil refinery in three decades. But it still can't get financing or an assured supply of oil. With a push for bio-fuels and ethanol, big oil seems reluctant to spend
    billions for conventional refining — which could keep supplies tight and prices high.

    ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

    As the nation weighs its energy future, the U.S. still depends on an aging infrastructure to produce gasoline. We're talking about oil refineries. And the country hasn't built a new one in three decades. Cost is one hurdle; regulation is another.

    NPR's Ted Robbins has the story of one man who's trying to open a refinery in the southwest.

    TED ROBBINS: Arizona gets its gasoline from California and the Gulf Coast. Glen McGinnis, who's made a career expanding and operating oil refineries, wants to change that. A year ago, he stood on top of an abandoned irrigation ditch in the desert east
    of Yuma and imagined.

    Mr. GLEN McGINNIS (CEO, Arizona Clean Fuels): What I see is, you know, is a state-of-the-art oil refinery sitting here between where we are here and the interstate that you can see in the distance.

    ROBBINS: At that point, the company McGinnis had had just received a rare air quality permit from the state of Arizona. The state gave the permit because it agreed this refinery will put out about half the pollution as any other -hence, the company's
    name, Arizona Clean Fuels. Since then, though, the economic hurdles have been much bigger than the regulatory ones. The biggest? Raising $3 billion to build the refinery."
    [snip]

    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11737359

    Our refineries are turning out more refined products that we can use here. We are already an exporter of refined oil products and have been for a long time. So now this guy is raising $14 billion of other people's money for a refinery we need
    even less than ever? Oh yeah. This has good idea written all over it. lqtm

    TB

    One day you will get my tongue-in-cheek posts. The last refinery of any
    size built in this country was nearly 50 years ago. With the politics in
    the country these days it would take that long to get the permitting
    done. By then it would probably cost orders of magnitude more than the projected $14 billion. Even if you were to lend them some of the $8.7
    mil you saved it wouldn't amount to more than a drop in a bucket.
    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to George.Anthony on Wed Apr 12 19:03:18 2023
    On Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 3:37:04 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    On 4/12/2023 3:58 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 5:15:28 PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-build-new-us-oil-refinery-america
    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. >> Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    LOL, I love it. Thank you. It has been long enough that the suckers have forgotten the last refinery pump and dump. At one time it was a big topic here because our conservative nut cases thought it needed to happen and they figured these guys would
    do it. When was the last time you heard of this company? Or any new refineries? Mexico sends oil to us so we can refine it and send it back to them.

    "Building New Refinery a Difficult Prospect"

    July 4, 2007 4:00 PM ET

    "An Arizona company has overcome significant hurdles toward building the first new U.S. oil refinery in three decades. But it still can't get financing or an assured supply of oil. With a push for bio-fuels and ethanol, big oil seems reluctant to
    spend billions for conventional refining — which could keep supplies tight and prices high.

    ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

    As the nation weighs its energy future, the U.S. still depends on an aging infrastructure to produce gasoline. We're talking about oil refineries. And the country hasn't built a new one in three decades. Cost is one hurdle; regulation is another.

    NPR's Ted Robbins has the story of one man who's trying to open a refinery in the southwest.

    TED ROBBINS: Arizona gets its gasoline from California and the Gulf Coast. Glen McGinnis, who's made a career expanding and operating oil refineries, wants to change that. A year ago, he stood on top of an abandoned irrigation ditch in the desert
    east of Yuma and imagined.

    Mr. GLEN McGINNIS (CEO, Arizona Clean Fuels): What I see is, you know, is a state-of-the-art oil refinery sitting here between where we are here and the interstate that you can see in the distance.

    ROBBINS: At that point, the company McGinnis had had just received a rare air quality permit from the state of Arizona. The state gave the permit because it agreed this refinery will put out about half the pollution as any other -hence, the company's
    name, Arizona Clean Fuels. Since then, though, the economic hurdles have been much bigger than the regulatory ones. The biggest? Raising $3 billion to build the refinery."
    [snip]

    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11737359

    Our refineries are turning out more refined products that we can use here. We are already an exporter of refined oil products and have been for a long time. So now this guy is raising $14 billion of other people's money for a refinery we need even
    less than ever? Oh yeah. This has good idea written all over it. lqtm

    TB
    One day you will get my tongue-in-cheek posts. The last refinery of any
    size built in this country was nearly 50 years ago. With the politics in
    the country these days it would take that long to get the permitting
    done. By then it would probably cost orders of magnitude more than the projected $14 billion. Even if you were to lend them some of the $8.7
    mil you saved it wouldn't amount to more than a drop in a bucket.
    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    One day you will get my tongue-in-cheek posts

    TB

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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Thu Apr 13 12:26:29 2023
    Technobarbarian <technobarbarian@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 3:37:04/PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    On 4/12/2023 3:58 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 5:15:28/PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-build-new-us-oil-refinery-america

    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. >>>> Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    LOL, I love it. Thank you. It has been long enough that the suckers
    have forgotten the last refinery pump and dump. At one time it was a
    big topic here because our conservative nut cases thought it needed to
    happen and they figured these guys would do it. When was the last time
    you heard of this company? Or any new refineries? Mexico sends oil to
    us so we can refine it and send it back to them.

    "Building New Refinery a Difficult Prospect"

    July 4, 2007 4:00 PM ET

    "An Arizona company has overcome significant hurdles toward building
    the first new U.S. oil refinery in three decades. But it still can't
    get financing or an assured supply of oil. With a push for bio-fuels
    and ethanol, big oil seems reluctant to spend billions for conventional
    refining  which could keep supplies tight and prices high.

    ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

    As the nation weighs its energy future, the U.S. still depends on an
    aging infrastructure to produce gasoline. We're talking about oil
    refineries. And the country hasn't built a new one in three decades.
    Cost is one hurdle; regulation is another.

    NPR's Ted Robbins has the story of one man who's trying to open a
    refinery in the southwest.

    TED ROBBINS: Arizona gets its gasoline from California and the Gulf
    Coast. Glen McGinnis, who's made a career expanding and operating oil
    refineries, wants to change that. A year ago, he stood on top of an
    abandoned irrigation ditch in the desert east of Yuma and imagined.

    Mr. GLEN McGINNIS (CEO, Arizona Clean Fuels): What I see is, you know, is a >>> state-of-the-art oil refinery sitting here between where we are here
    and the interstate that you can see in the distance.

    ROBBINS: At that point, the company McGinnis had had just received a
    rare air quality permit from the state of Arizona. The state gave the
    permit because it agreed this refinery will put out about half the
    pollution as any other -hence, the company's name, Arizona Clean Fuels.
    Since then, though, the economic hurdles have been much bigger than the
    regulatory ones. The biggest? Raising $3 billion to build the refinery." >>> [snip]

    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId737359

    Our refineries are turning out more refined products that we can use
    here. We are already an exporter of refined oil products and have been
    for a long time. So now this guy is raising $14 billion of other
    people's money for a refinery we need even less than ever? Oh yeah.
    This has good idea written all over it. lqtm

    TB
    One day you will get my tongue-in-cheek posts. The last refinery of any
    size built in this country was nearly 50 years ago. With the politics in
    the country these days it would take that long to get the permitting
    done. By then it would probably cost orders of magnitude more than the
    projected $14 billion. Even if you were to lend them some of the $8.7
    mil you saved it wouldn't amount to more than a drop in a bucket.
    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.
    Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    One day you will get my tongue-in-cheek posts

    TB


    Another of your failed attempts at CYA.

    --
    A liberal doesn’t beome wiser with age. A moron doesn’t become wiser as he grows old; he becomes an old moron.

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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Fri Apr 14 14:53:04 2023
    Technobarbarian <technobarbarian@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 3:37:04/PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    On 4/12/2023 3:58 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 5:15:28/PM UTC-7, George.Anthony wrote:
    https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/shark-tank-kevin-oleary-build-new-us-oil-refinery-america

    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. >>>> Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    LOL, I love it. Thank you. It has been long enough that the suckers
    have forgotten the last refinery pump and dump. At one time it was a
    big topic here because our conservative nut cases thought it needed to
    happen and they figured these guys would do it. When was the last time
    you heard of this company? Or any new refineries? Mexico sends oil to
    us so we can refine it and send it back to them.

    "Building New Refinery a Difficult Prospect"

    July 4, 2007 4:00 PM ET

    "An Arizona company has overcome significant hurdles toward building
    the first new U.S. oil refinery in three decades. But it still can't
    get financing or an assured supply of oil. With a push for bio-fuels
    and ethanol, big oil seems reluctant to spend billions for conventional
    refining  which could keep supplies tight and prices high.

    ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

    As the nation weighs its energy future, the U.S. still depends on an
    aging infrastructure to produce gasoline. We're talking about oil
    refineries. And the country hasn't built a new one in three decades.
    Cost is one hurdle; regulation is another.

    NPR's Ted Robbins has the story of one man who's trying to open a
    refinery in the southwest.

    TED ROBBINS: Arizona gets its gasoline from California and the Gulf
    Coast. Glen McGinnis, who's made a career expanding and operating oil
    refineries, wants to change that. A year ago, he stood on top of an
    abandoned irrigation ditch in the desert east of Yuma and imagined.

    Mr. GLEN McGINNIS (CEO, Arizona Clean Fuels): What I see is, you know, is a >>> state-of-the-art oil refinery sitting here between where we are here
    and the interstate that you can see in the distance.

    ROBBINS: At that point, the company McGinnis had had just received a
    rare air quality permit from the state of Arizona. The state gave the
    permit because it agreed this refinery will put out about half the
    pollution as any other -hence, the company's name, Arizona Clean Fuels.
    Since then, though, the economic hurdles have been much bigger than the
    regulatory ones. The biggest? Raising $3 billion to build the refinery." >>> [snip]

    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId737359

    Our refineries are turning out more refined products that we can use
    here. We are already an exporter of refined oil products and have been
    for a long time. So now this guy is raising $14 billion of other
    people's money for a refinery we need even less than ever? Oh yeah.
    This has good idea written all over it. lqtm

    TB
    One day you will get my tongue-in-cheek posts. The last refinery of any
    size built in this country was nearly 50 years ago. With the politics in
    the country these days it would take that long to get the permitting
    done. By then it would probably cost orders of magnitude more than the
    projected $14 billion. Even if you were to lend them some of the $8.7
    mil you saved it wouldn't amount to more than a drop in a bucket.
    --
    "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.
    Government is the problem," - Ronald Reagan

    One day you will get my tongue-in-cheek posts

    TB


    Another of your failed attempts at CYA.

    --
    A liberal doesn’t beome wiser with age. A moron doesn’t become wiser as he grows old; he becomes an old moron.

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