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High court asked to throw out oil refinery permit

AP Opponents of a proposed $10BB oil refinery asked the state Supremes to strike down the permit--- -- Hyperion's proposed refinery north of Elk Point would process 400,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands crude oil each day into low-sulfur gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and liquid petroleum gas. It would be the first U.S. oil refinery built since 1976.

The project would include a power plant that produces electricity for the refinery. It would convert a byproduct of the refinery process — solid petroleum coke — into gas that would be burned to produce electricity.

Dallas-based Hyperion contends that the refinery would be a clean, modern plant that would use the most advanced, commercially feasible emission control technology.

The Sierra Club and two local groups, Save Union County and Citizens Opposed to Oil Pollution, argue the refinery could e

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,650 Points:1,612,445 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 10, 2012 9:02:11 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse if the refinery would be well maintained after being built, that would make it worth it, but sadly, the motto "build it, use it, don't worry about anything else" seems to apply to most refineries.
heydano67 Champion Author California Posts:1,681 Points:360,460 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 9:07:30 PM Ignore heydano67 Report Abuse Can't we improve safety and capacity on the refineries already around?
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,955 Points:754,160 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 6:31:05 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse LOL, where ya' been letemeatthecake??? We have been refining and burning gasoline refined from tar sands oil for years and years.
Sneakers55 Champion Author Houston Posts:51,353 Points:2,145,350 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Oct 9, 2012 11:56:17 AM Ignore Sneakers55 Report Abuse On Oct 5, 2012 3:05:58 AM, Bill100 wrote: >Revoke the Sierra Club's charter. On what grounds? This is a free country where you can say nearly anything.
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,615 Points:1,207,555 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2012 8:13:43 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Why are we attempting to refine Canadian Tar? Let the Canadians further spoil their own country.
nauzad Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:1,029 Points:287,630 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2012 3:51:02 PM Ignore nauzad Report Abuse hmm..
nb52 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:7,795 Points:1,549,775 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2012 3:25:01 AM Ignore nb52 Report Abuse Sierra Club and it's "clones" are idiots.
MrPony Veteran Author North Carolina Posts:425 Points:395,715 Joined:Jul 2004	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2012 3:15:48 AM Ignore MrPony Report Abuse Tough greenies...the American people MUST win!
Bill100 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:41,505 Points:1,164,795 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2012 1:05:58 AM Ignore Bill100 Report Abuse Revoke the Sierra Club's charter.
MAC48 Champion Author Dallas Posts:1,551 Points:768,670 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 10:30:19 PM Ignore MAC48 Report Abuse If the Sierra Club as we know it today is opposing the construction of this new refinery, then it should obviously be built.
rahcat Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:2,483 Points:665,125 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 9:08:26 PM Ignore rahcat Report Abuse Kinda tird of Greenies and tree huggers.
boatfloyd Champion Author Jacksonville Posts:1,733 Points:390,900 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 9:07:46 PM Ignore boatfloyd Report Abuse We need more refineries.
jem069 Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,553 Points:690,005 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 9:00:45 PM Ignore jem069 Report Abuse ok
WIPACKERFAN Champion Author Chicago Posts:8,814 Points:1,845,400 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:58:12 PM Ignore WIPACKERFAN Report Abuse OK
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,615 Points:1,207,555 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:57:11 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Aviator Bob...LOL Your comments at 10:52. Best response I have ever heard! Thanks!
mrbee Champion Author Little Rock Posts:3,769 Points:2,468,605 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:56:36 PM Ignore mrbee Report Abuse Sierra club. Bad for the US.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:55:39 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Okay, @wayoung56. No more Sierra Club but you have to outlaw the Tea Party, first. Deal?
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:52:59 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Okay, @SandeeC. You have a deal. The Sierra Club has to pay higher gas prices but only they get clean air and water. The rest of you have to settle for whatever Big Oil deems "acceptable".
frostyWV Champion Author West Virginia Posts:2,339 Points:519,235 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:51:22 PM Ignore frostyWV Report Abuse damn tree huggers.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:50:57 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse That's because Big Oil has a much harder time bribing judges than they do bankrolling legislators' election campaigns, @PizzaMon.
clermont40miles Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:10,588 Points:1,774,820 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:50:46 PM Ignore clermont40miles Report Abuse So the SCOTUS is now in the permitting business? Sierra Club - enough said. Green is red.
SandeeC Champion Author Ontario Posts:3,009 Points:462,130 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:49:49 PM Ignore SandeeC Report Abuse There should be some way to make people like Sierra Club members pay the highest prices in gas and the rest of the country pay much lower! Or find some way to kill THEIR economy.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:49:17 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Don't be so sure about the Midwest being huge farmland anymore, @jcurley. That drought hasn't gone away yet. Farmers are having a real bad time trying to bring what few crops they grew this season to market. Expect the price of meat to go up. Feed prices have gone through the roof.
PizzaMon Champion Author Philadelphia Posts:5,134 Points:1,864,280 Joined:Jun 2006	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:48:46 PM Ignore PizzaMon Report Abuse Environmentalists always seem to win in court.
carloco75 Champion Author Richmond Posts:3,721 Points:602,965 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:47:54 PM Ignore carloco75 Report Abuse MmmHmm...
Thomtec Champion Author Nashville Posts:2,484 Points:611,070 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:46:48 PM Ignore Thomtec Report Abuse Ok
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:46:13 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Sure, @30mpg80, the Sierra Club's the problem. Big Oil's hands are as clean as Ivory Snow, huh? The Sierra Club wouldn't be around if Big Oil hadn't screwed up the air, land, and water in the first place. Tell them to clean up their act and the Sierra Club won't have any members.
E-Squirrel Champion Author Orange County Posts:3,015 Points:820,970 Joined:Feb 2005	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:43:58 PM Ignore E-Squirrel Report Abuse Of course, these are the same people who complain and blame others, particularly the oil industry for shortages of fuel when they go to the filling station.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:43:25 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Glad to hear you're offereing your backyard for a refinery, @bonzoonfmb. Send Big Oil your address. They'll send a survey team in the morning.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:41:57 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Just understand that oil independence does not mean cheap gas, @zantor. Tar sands are expensive. Shale oil is expensive. Deepwater drilling is expensive. Those are the options in front of us. We already sucked the cheap oil out of the ground 40 years ago.
SavALot Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:8,484 Points:1,713,785 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:40:32 PM Ignore SavALot Report Abuse Thrown out on a technicality
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:39:41 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse So tell me, @tidalwave3. You for offshore oil drilling in Tallahassee? I hear it'll do wonders for Florida tourism.
mrselfdestruct Champion Author Arkansas Posts:1,014 Points:169,775 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:39:26 PM Ignore mrselfdestruct Report Abuse Nuts.
Gas4Gore Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,431 Points:425,825 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:38:44 PM Ignore Gas4Gore Report Abuse Do not listen.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,810 Points:416,040 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:37:53 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Amazing. Record amounts of shale oil being produced in the Dakotas and they want to build a refinery that will process Canadian Tar Sand crude??? How does this make sense? Build a refinery that can handle the shale oil, not that Canadian crap.
abcdMA Champion Author Worcester Posts:7,937 Points:1,577,905 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:34:55 PM Ignore abcdMA Report Abuse we need some additioal refining capacity
HEBster Champion Author Kentucky Posts:8,798 Points:2,375,975 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:32:45 PM Ignore HEBster Report Abuse Ya think!
hammer219115 Veteran Author Pennsylvania Posts:411 Points:22,950 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:30:15 PM Ignore hammer219115 Report Abuse WOW!
Toppers Champion Author Atlanta Posts:9,022 Points:2,472,645 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:29:37 PM Ignore Toppers Report Abuse Not good
papa56NC All-Star Author North Carolina Posts:725 Points:142,760 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:27:32 PM Ignore papa56NC Report Abuse Better luck next time.
tidalwave3 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:1,309 Points:1,466,400 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:26:46 PM Ignore tidalwave3 Report Abuse Let the Sierra Club ride their bicycles to the hearing.... Yea like that would happen, like Gore does :(
zantor Veteran Author San Bernardino Posts:258 Points:53,025 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:26:21 PM Ignore zantor Report Abuse we need oil independence
VanIsleLes All-Star Author British Columbia Posts:898 Points:278,495 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:26:19 PM Ignore VanIsleLes Report Abuse This is just frustrating to read all this bad news
5Golfer8 Champion Author Tucson Posts:2,148 Points:302,600 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:26:19 PM Ignore 5Golfer8 Report Abuse Just build it already.
OGW Champion Author London Posts:5,334 Points:1,534,725 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:23:49 PM Ignore OGW Report Abuse Did GM promise them each a Volt for free if they stopped the refinery?
bonzoonfmb Champion Author Florida Posts:1,792 Points:646,535 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:21:50 PM Ignore bonzoonfmb Report Abuse More refineries need to be built everywhere and anywhere.
MahopacJack Champion Author New York Posts:8,020 Points:1,585,775 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:21:42 PM Ignore MahopacJack Report Abuse What would the environmental impact be? The Sierra Club didn't say.
firefly09 Champion Author San Diego Posts:2,502 Points:717,675 Joined:Mar 2009	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:20:55 PM Ignore firefly09 Report Abuse To bad.
pgerassi Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:10,911 Points:2,134,530 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:19:46 PM Ignore pgerassi Report Abuse SOP for environmentalists, no matter how clean it is compared to other alternatives, it isn't clean enough.
bvrbill Champion Author Eugene Posts:3,238 Points:520,800 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:19:15 PM Ignore bvrbill Report Abuse Build it.