re: ‘Drill, Baby, Drill!' Will Secure American Prosperity For The Twenty First Century

The US has always been an exporter of refined products. Due many new refineries have been built in South America and Africa, demand has decreased.

If you think that refineries, especially on the Gulf Coast, were strictly for supply US consumers, you have been wrong for many decades.

IF you think that refineries make money on gasoline, jet fuel and diesel, you are wrong.

If you think that paraffinic tight shale crude is good for making asphalt and petroleum coke you won't have paved roads or aluminum among many other things.