South Dakota oil refinery?

The Sioux City Journal reports that a vote was passed 58% to 42% to rezone 3,000+ acres for a planned oil refinery, the first one built in 37 years. I think this is great news, and a step in the right direction for relieving gas prices in our country. I think that we do need to find an alternative energy source, but in the mean time we don't need to suffer these high costs of fuel. We have the resources in and around our country to become energy independent, but environmentalists stand in the way. I think that prices would drop a large amount if we were allowed to drill off of our coast and in Anwar, while building enough new refineries to run efficiently, and not overworking the current ones. Oil companies are leading the way in developing new technology, but we don't need to suffer until something new comes along, where we have to buy new cars to exploit this new technology. We could help solve our energy problems by using our own natural resources, while we make advances in alternative energy.

Anthony Majewski POS1041 MTW 5:30