The argument about high gas prices often comes down to the excuse that enviromentalists and/or liberals block the oil companies from building new refineries. It has also been noted that “CEOs for BP, Shell and Conoco all testified to Congress last year that environmental requirements have not blocked a single planned refinery expansion.”

John Van Doorn talks about the old refinery dodge here.

If it’s so hard to get permits to build a new refinery how did the people at Arizona Clean Fuels manage to do it? I call bullshit.