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1. If all States with large coastal regions would build just one good sized refinery in the middle of nowhere, it would do much to ameliorate the shortage of refined fuel in the country.

 
I thought I would point out that California has seen many refineries close in the last decade, and they were closed by the oil companies, which caused a 20 percent drop in production while demand was increasing

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/05/taking_on_high.html

Not that this important to the thread