@Ceili,
I'm part of the problem? LOL Kiss me arse; you don't make any sense - common sense. Most in developed countries use energy. Is that news to you?
My use of gas in my car is a "fact" that seems to escape you! In other words, my use of fuel for my car in Silicon Valley is probably on the low side.
It's not a matter of building pipelines "very far from water" that has been pointed out by the Cornell U. article. It's about jobs and the environment.
I don't have any problem with the refineries in the south selling outside the US; where did you get such an idiotic idea?
You make a whole lots of assumptions without much outside credible source.
In other words, you're a ******* bore!