Old Jan 9, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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Default RE: ``Mean' and ``Green' Collide in Detroit: New MyRide.com Polls Gauge Car Buyers'.

The "green" beans are also the ones who shoulder a large part of the blame for gasoline prices being so high. Because of the environmentalists, there hasn't been a new refinery built in the US in over 25 years. More demand, higher supply levels of crude, but the bottleneck occurs at the refinery level in this country. I believe the number of U S refineries has been stuck in the mid-twenties since the end of the 1970's. If you think the oil companies are making money now, imagine if they could have built more refineries during that twenty-five + year period where "we didn't want to offend anyone - or their cause". Their profits would be even higher than they currently are!
I don't see an end to this until someone stands up and says "enough political correctness!" No matter what you do or say, someone, somewhere is going to be offended. America's become "sissified".
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