I guess we can just keep our gas and heating fuels and other products of the petrochemical industries, like plastics and all the other products since it’s such a waste.
LOUISIANA INDUSTRY
*Industrial Capacity
Louisiana has the greatest concentration of crude oil refineries, natural gas processing plants and petrochemical production facilities in the Western Hemisphere.
*Petroleum and Petroleum Refining
Louisiana is America’s third largest producer of petroleum and the third leading state in petroleum refining.
*Offshore Oil Production
Louisiana pioneered offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling. The first well ever drilled out of sight of land was off the Louisiana coast. Most of the techniques used in offshore oil exploration around the world today were developed in Louisiana.
*Natural Gas
Louisiana is America’s second largest producer of natural gas. It supplies slightly more than one-quarter of the total U.S. production.
*Agriculture
Louisiana is among the top ten states in the production of sugar cane (2nd), sweet potatoes (2nd), rice (3rd), cotton (5th) and pecans (5th).
*Ports
Louisiana has the nation’s farthest inland port for sea-going ships (Baton Rouge) and ***America’s only port capable of handling superships (the Superport).
More than 25 percent of the nation’s waterborne exports are shipped through the state’s five major ports.
*Chemicals
Louisiana produces 25 percent of the nation’s petrochemicals. Total value of Louisiana chemical shipments is more than $14 billion a year.
*Space Program
Louisiana built the huge first-stage Saturn C-5 rocket used in the Apollo program to land men on the moon and is the sole producer of the giant external fuel tanks used in the Space Shuttle program.
*Commercial Fishing
Louisiana’s commercial fishing industry produces 25 percent of all the seafood in America. It holds the record for the greatest catch ever, 1.9 billion pounds in one year.
*Shrimp
More shrimp are caught in Louisiana waters than in any other place in America.
*Oysters
Louisiana’s oyster production is the highest in the U.S.
*Freshwater Fishing
Louisiana has the biggest and most diversified freshwater fisheries production in America.
*Coastline and Marshes
Because of its many bays and sounds, Louisiana has the longest coastline (15,000 miles) of any state and 41 percent of the nation’s wetlands.
*Furs
Louisiana produces more furs (1.03 million pelts a year) than any other state. The catch includes nutria, muskrat, mink, otter and beaver.
*Matches
Louisiana produces 60 million wooden matches a day, half of the nation’s entire production.
*Hospitals
Louisiana had the first charity hospital in America. Its present charity hospital system is one of the most comprehensive in the U.S.
*Grain Exports
Louisiana is the nation’s largest handler of grain for export to world markets. More than 40 percent of the U.S. grain exports move through Louisiana ports.
I bet you’ll keep the billions of dollars taxpayers and private charities have given you too. I also expect you to keep whining that it isn’t enough.
An interesting thing about every single thing you listed as products of LA. Not one of those industries requires that people live where NO is built.