$3 a gallon gas ?

[Carl Remick]

>From: John Gulick <jlgulick at sfo.com>
>
> >And the 6th Fleet and all "our" "mercenaries" in Saudi Arabia yaddah 
>yaddah
> >Ian
>
>Is the ruling assumption that most crude oil imports of the U.S. are 
>ultimately
>refined into gasoline for fuel-guzzling commuting contraptions ? I don't 
>have
>any stats on this, but I would assume that less than half of crude oil 
>imports
>go for this purpose. What about plastics [etc., etc.]

Good question.  This is the area that former LBOer Greg Nowell used to have 
a ton of info on.  Doug, do you know what GN is up to these days?

Carl
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