Follow Up On Oil Refinery Post

The following two news items go along very well with the post on 10/07/2005 concerning refineries Here.

Power Outage Hits Parts of Downtown L.A.

"A blackout hit downtown government buildings, Chinatown and adjacent areas Tuesday. It was the third significant electrical failure in the city since mid-September. "

Alternative energy: N. Korea opens first bicycle plant

"North Korea, which has boasted ballistic missiles and nuclear arms, has begun producing the country's first home-built bicycles, China's Xinhua news agency said in a dispatch from Pyongyang." "...Energy-starved North Korea needs some 7 million bicycles, officials said."

Something tells me the above headlines will become commonplace in the U.S. if the new refineries are not built.