snowsislander:
NIMBY-ism: I have been particularly disappointed in Governor Bush's and Senator Martinez's adamant stance against developing Florida's oil and gas resources.
Well maybe they should get it throught their thick skulls that if Florida wants to have energy reliability, it needs to have offshore drilling and some refineries.
You would think that in light of events that they could easily put out a statement that they have reconsidered their stance against development, but my guess is that they won't. I believe that Florida even has at least one refinery owned by AIRI that could be turned back on in St. Marks:
St. Marks, accessible by barge from the adjacent St. Marks River and Gulf of Mexico, has a 465,000 barrel storage capacity, and a 20,000 barrel per day capacity refinery which the Company is not currently operating. The Lake Charles refinery supplies the company's St. Marks refinery with bulk product via AIM. St. Marks allows the Company to significantly increase its retail customer base by penetrating into the large Florida, Georgia and Alabama markets.