All of that comes from the lower end of the barrel and requires steam / thermal cracking. I will add there is a potential to use electricity...
Such as? Of all the things we use gasoline for transportation is king. It is also used for portable equipment, generators, etc... Other than that...
Aviation fuel is kerosene and so what are you going to do with all that gas? Kerosene is also a by product of refinement.
You still have to refine the oil which of course creates gasoline as a by product. What are you going to do with that gasoline?
This doesn't bode well. The damage done and what caused it is yet to be determined. Video Shows Chevron Oil Refinery Engulfed in Flames Chevron's...
If you're not interested that's fine others may be.
If by fringe you mean minority I think there are as many people who disagree with our involvement and there are who agree. You might find this...
If these links to a video and an article don't give you a hint I don't know what will. Is Germany at risk of an industrial slowdown? Germany's...
That's not what I said at all. I said it is time to rebuild and reassess if we are to continue this fight. Does that mean having to coexist with...
Speaking figuratively - the economy is in shambles, conservation of energy protocols implemented by the EU and European nations, rampant inflation...
That's not going to happen. To be clear there no such treaty or agreement with Ukraine. Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the...
So now it is long term interests. As far as trading freely with almost any country in the world that is quickly coming to end. We didn't take it...
And again you're back to my point of end it once and for all. If you've got the gonads to do it go for it and stop playing with the lives of...
Our self interest is in NATO not Ukraine that is the deciding factor. To that end we have put troops on the borders of NATO nations nothing else...
Now we get to the nitty gritty of the argument which isn't about morals. It's about self interest. That said what self interest does the US have...
And we do as long as it serves our self interests. That is the nature of nations and human beings.
That is where you and I disagree. We live in a world of authoritarian regimes. In a world defined by morals the only solution is to rid the world...
We have absolutely zero obligation to Ukraine. obligated adjective under a moral obligation to someone. under a legal obligation to someone....
Oh you mean we have to stop Russian aggression because we are obligated to do so. That is total horse hockey.
Then tell me why we are in Ukraine?
