OT Celebration (Not intended to be offensive, possible humor)

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Sun Jul 8 14:00:13 2001

Joe,

I originally meant to send this a few days ago. I wrote it off-line and
it has been sitting in my out-box, but here goes :-)

I don't think "crisis" is quite accurate. The oil industry has had
several refineries burn, and who knows, maybe some of them are old or
undersize. They may need to build more. or rebuild burned ones. The
electricity problems comes from growing and growing use, without
appropriate updates on the power system.

Drilling in new locations isn't supposed to increase refinery capacity.
It is part of a longer range solution. Drilling in new locations is
something a lot of countries are doing. Drilling in the North Sea is
being done now, or maybe deeper water than normal..... I don't recall.
I have seen a show on Discovery or TLC about the building of the
platform. It was a huge engineering feat the way they built it.

Personally, I'd like to see a move away from oil, not totally, but maybe
a diversification. I'd like to see cars powered by grain alcohol,
although I admit, I don't really know any specifics. Something might
have to be done about people drinking the contents of ones gas tank :-)

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

joe wrote:
> Is that the same energy crisis that the oil industry keeps saying is
> being caused by a lack of refinery capacity? (Of course it is for the ones
> of you that have been living in hole somewhere.) I'd like to know how
> drilling in ANWAR or the Gulf of Mexico is supposed to increase refinery
> capacity!
>
> Joe
Received on Sun Jul 08 2001 - 14:00:13 BST