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None of the 8 billion on this planet use raw crude oil directly, but everyone demands the products and transportation fuels made from refined crude oil.
Continually increasing the importation of transportation fuels from foreign based refineries exposes California as a National Security Risk to America.
The California economy runs on the supply chain of products and transportation fuels made from raw crude oil that is diminishing from refinery closures.
Is it time to rethink our attitudes to protecting great whites? Has conserving whales boosted the number of predators in our waters? Maybe a cull is called for.
The State supports the exodus of the in-state manufacturers of the fuels to foreign refineries, threatening national energy security and global stability.