NO is flooded, oil platforms are drifting in the Gulf and oil just went over $70/barrel. And guess what? They can release all the crude they want - turns out the refineries are the weak link. It's like the old line-based games; you can have all the raw material you want, but if the processing capacity isn't there the raw material sits and waits. Hello, $3/gallon gas...
Huh. This show might be the "China Syndrome" of we-had-30-years-to-get-off-foreign-oil-but-gee-I-feel-safer-in-a-SUV self-delusion. I wonder if the makers feel vindicated or saddened. I wonder if F/X will reshow it.
The cascade of events in the movie is a little choreographed, but it is certain that other ports will have to pick up the slack, and they're operating at capacity as is, so that's part of the chain of events. Add in a cold winter, instability in Saudi, and who knows? They might show this as a documentary.
Huh. This show might be the "China Syndrome" of we-had-30-years-to-get-off-foreign-oil-but-gee-I-feel-safer-in-a-SUV self-delusion. I wonder if the makers feel vindicated or saddened. I wonder if F/X will reshow it.
The cascade of events in the movie is a little choreographed, but it is certain that other ports will have to pick up the slack, and they're operating at capacity as is, so that's part of the chain of events. Add in a cold winter, instability in Saudi, and who knows? They might show this as a documentary.