boston.com — Voters in this mostly agricultural corner of the Midwest have approved a proposal to build the first new U.S. oil refinery in more than 30 years. Union County residents voted 58 percent to 42 percent Tuesday to endorse the rezoning of almost 3,300 acres of pristine farm land north of Elk Point for the oil refinery.
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awesomebill61Jun 5, 2008
University of South Dakota:9,250 undergrad students2,300 grad studentsSouth Dakota State University:9,200 undergrad students1,300 grad studentsmaybe you went to SDSU, given your addition seems a little shaky.
awesomebill61Jun 5, 2008
Have you ever been to this part of south dakota?Union County is known for having the best, highest valued, highest output farm land in all of south dakota.Given i live 10 miles away, i think i would know.Sure, there may be less valuable land in other parts of south dakota, but the southeastern corner has incredibly fertile land.
esc27Jun 6, 2008
It is probably a new win for the Country, but I can't help but feel concern for the smaller farmers and rural people who's lives would be destroyed by something like this. Say for example you are a small town person and live and work on the same hundred acres or so of land your family has owned for generations, and the county votes to take that away from you. Sure you get paid, maybe even a fair price, but your home, life, etc. is taken and/or changed forever. Worse, those who won support for "taking" your land live in a "big" city far out of site and lose nothing themselves.I'm sure that is a bit idealistic, and only portions of the land fit my description, but still, as I speculate about what national benefits a new refinery might bring, I pity those people.
terr01Jun 6, 2008
I don't think any of you guys really read what I wrote. Try a picture.<a class="user" href="http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f190/thackney/Oil%20Gas/GasolineComponentCost.jpg">http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f190/thackney/Oi ...</a>Made up numbers to illustrate the idea:2000: Gas is $2, the crude oil to make it costs $0.75.2008: Gast is $4, the crude oil to make it costs $2.75And somehow you think that means it's still a refinery issue?
terr01Jun 6, 2008
That doesn't make any sense whatsoever.A shortage of refineries can't be causing the high price of crude. That makes no sense.And the high price of crude is what's been ramping up the last several years.The cents-per-gallon that goes to refineries has been comparatively flat.
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