[Sca-cooks] OT - Katrina aftermath

[Huette von Ahrens]

We have refineries here in California.  But that hasn't helped bring down the price of gas here.
If anything, our prices are higher than yours.  Probably because of all the gas taxes.

Huette

--- Wanda Pease <wandap at hevanet.com> wrote:

> I just topped off my tank at $2.71 here in Portland, OR.  The west coast has
> plenty of oil.  What we don't have is Refineries.  We had one in Seattle
> (maybe it is still there?) but there was a spill into a canal and some
> children were killed.
> 
> The short term answer (!) is that we have to build more refineries.  The
> Gulf coast is going to continue to be hammered and putting all our
> gasoline/diesel makers in one basket is ludicrous.  I know that no one wants
> a fueling station and refinery near them (NIMBY-ism is alive and well and
> living on the Oregon coast) but it has to be done and soon.
> 
> The long term answer is to stop investing money into oil searches and start
> doing basic research into other forms of energy that can be used for
> transportation.  And NO, public transportation isn't the answer!  Look at
> what is happening to those in the Gulf area that didn't have cars.  They are
> the ones you see at the Superdome, and that you don't see dead in their
> houses because they couldn't get out of town without a car (too many for
> "public transportation").  Neither does it make sense outside the big metro
> areas.  Biking is a nice idea for those without arthritis in the ankles and
> knees or many miles between home and work.
> 
> On the food topic.  I just picked up some more Propane and butane cylinders
> for my camp stove, laid in two more flats of water and plan to buy MRE's
> (sorta food) in case "the Big One" hits the Oregon Coast/Portland area.
> What do other people have in their Survival Bins?  I'm thinking that canning
> stuff and using "Lord's Salt" might be an option.
> 
> 
> 
> Regina Romsey
> 
> 
> >
> 
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