<VV> reserve oil

[henry kaczmarek]

Timbo

Good information.
The real question is..What is our refining capacity  as a  a percentage of 
total refined products in the country?? And what is the percentage of rigs 
in the Gulf's production to the total usage in the country??

Since we haven't built a refinery in 35 years or so, I would think that our 
domestic refining capacity ain't diddley. I have read in the last week there 
are now plans to build quite a few more. Perhaps the NIMBY crowd are no 
longer interested in 3.29/gal gasoline.  Those plants can take 3 years to 
build. that's the REAL bad news.

The pipeline that runs to Greensboro is back up to almost 90 %. Or so the 
Charlotte Disturber says. Similar notice in the Atlanta Urinal-Constipation, 
so the Disturber reports.

 The reason it wasn't running was electrical failure to the pumps alone the 
pipeline.  Duke Power sent out trucks with generators to get the pumps back 
up. Other companies along the pipeline did the same.

Still, since Domestic output is purportedly less than 40% of total usage, 
there will be shortages, and there will be higher prices. Our sometimes pals 
the Saudis are overproducing and overshipping daily. once these plants get 
the power back on they're gonna have to run at full capacity for a long time 
to make up the difference.

What we have to do is what we are SO bad at doing. CONSERVE.

Even though there are 6 of us in Customer Service at Steele Rubber, we are 
discussing changing our shift set up so that 4 of us can meet in Lincolnton 
and all drive in one vehicle.
That would cut my 44 mile daily commute down to less than 20, 4 out of 5 
days a week.
Only 1/2 of that reasoning is conservation. the other half is supply. There 
is also the possibility that the company may program our home computers to 
allow us to work from home.

My wife is working with her employer to allow her to work from home 3 days a 
week. Changing her 500 mile weekly total commute to 200.


In 1988 there was an explosion that shut down the Norco plant that makes 
Ethylene Glycol for Anti Freeze.  I was told that it was the only plant in 
the USA that made it in any quantity. I bought 4 gallons the day the story 
broke.  For about 6 months the price was nearly double, then went back to 
slightly higher than normal.

HANK