SieSie
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I am hoping you can all educate me, as I know very, very little about politics and things like this.
I took some quick notes this morning, while watching Fox News. They interviewed a few people whose names I hope I got right. They were Jim Michaels, Elizabeth McDonald (?), and Wayne Rogers. In the discussion I heard numbers being thrown about that I just don't understand.
Supposedly we have 600 billion - 1 trillion dollars worth of oil that belongs to the government (although I didn't catch where it's located), and Jim Michaels said that it's "unused assets". Why aren't we using this resource? Is it because we don't have the refineries we need? If so, why not? Because it becomes an ecological problem?? I don't get it.
Can't we build refineries around the country in desolate areas? Wouldn't building our own refineries instead of getting our fuel from other countries, give more Americans jobs, as well?? I don't understand where the downside is and why over the past 30 years, this hasn't been done.
TIA to anyone who can help me comprehend how politics, ecology and economy plays a part in all of this.
I took some quick notes this morning, while watching Fox News. They interviewed a few people whose names I hope I got right. They were Jim Michaels, Elizabeth McDonald (?), and Wayne Rogers. In the discussion I heard numbers being thrown about that I just don't understand.
Supposedly we have 600 billion - 1 trillion dollars worth of oil that belongs to the government (although I didn't catch where it's located), and Jim Michaels said that it's "unused assets". Why aren't we using this resource? Is it because we don't have the refineries we need? If so, why not? Because it becomes an ecological problem?? I don't get it.
Can't we build refineries around the country in desolate areas? Wouldn't building our own refineries instead of getting our fuel from other countries, give more Americans jobs, as well?? I don't understand where the downside is and why over the past 30 years, this hasn't been done.
TIA to anyone who can help me comprehend how politics, ecology and economy plays a part in all of this.