Building a processing facility for a globally traded commodity that you don't produce in your community on the theory that it will reduce the local price of said commodity is a good way to fail an intro-to-economics term paper. But it is no basis for an energy policy. wpr.org/news/tiffany-floats-expansion...
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Tiffany floats expansion of Wisconsin's oil refinery to reduce reliance on Middle East
Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany is encouraging expansion of Wisconsin’s only oil refinery to reduce reliance on the Middle East, but energy experts say it would have little effect on bringing down local gas prices.
