I'm sick of the gaslighting on this shit. I'm not defending Trump or the Venezuela situation. But in every fucking thread there's a fucking avalanche of lying retards saying>OMG WHO CARES US REFINERIES CAN'T HANDLE THE VENEZUELAN SHITYes, they fucking can:>Why do U.S. refineries run on heavier crude oils that we need to import?>Long before the U.S. shale boom, when global production of light sweet crude oil was declining, we made significant investments in our refineries to process heavier, high-sulfur crude oils that were more widely available in the global market. These investments were made to ensure U.S. refineries would have access to the feedstocks needed to produce gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Heavier crude is now an essential feedstock for many U.S. refineries. Substituting it for U.S. light sweet crude oil would make these facilities less efficient and competitive, leading to a decline in fuel production and higher costs for consumers.https://www.afpm.org/newsroom/blog/whats-difference-between-heavy-and-light-crude-oils-and-why-do-american-refineriesWe buy the heavy sour crude because it's inexpensive. We sell the light sweet crude because it's expensive. We also have more capability than just about any country to process heavy crude.Enough of the bullshit from people who either are trying to mislead people or just have no idea what the fuck they're talking about.
>>541782171Autistic thing to be angry about but I appreciate autism these days so well done
>>541782171
It's not the quality of oil in Venezuela, it's the cost to build infrastructure and protect it from violent jungle goblinos
>>541782171Maybe we see this extra infrastructure designed to process one of the biggest oil deposits in the world?
That's nice. I was never under the impression that it was otherwise. Does nothing to change the fact that all US refineries are running at maximum output and have been for months and there is 0 capacity to increase production. Cope harder op.
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