Valero Benicia Refinery - Benicia, California

Soknot Y.

I wouldn’t want to live by one there is beauty to this but such a dangerous place to our environment. These release lots of smoke. Also on the news it said it was on fire for like 1-2 weeks and people had to stay in and were very sick from fumes.

Miles

Setting us back as a civilization. This place keeps catching on fire, and has made my sinuses bleed ever since I was born. Definitely a huge setback for my life expectancy. Can't ignore the fact that they love gobbling up tax dollars with nonstop tax dodging and subsidies. Oh! They've also polluted the hell out of the local watershed so they could pay shareholders even more, instead of doing basic maintenance.

Brooke S.

Beautiful modern marvel! Have you ever ridden in a car, plane or train, used a road or phone or any object you didn’t make with your own two hands?
Thank you fossil fuels.

Have you worn clothes, visited a home or business, turned on a light, flushed a toilet or turned on a tap? Thank you fossil fuels.

If you now think you can buy your way out of the current situation by purchasing new eco friendly net zero items or carbon offsets to not have to change your behavior then you no longer appreciate what fossil fuel has done for you and how long it has sustained all modern development and infrastructure.

By all means, reduce (cancel Prime), reuse (sew and mend your holes) and recycle (oh wait that uses oil, as did your EV to make), bike, walk and use public transportation, but don’t forget we exist because of fossil fuels and rely on oil for life as we know it.

Tony L.

I guess I visited the plant a long time ago in (apparently) a galaxy far, far away. Because when I went there, the operators, engineers, and everyday workers couldn't have been much nicer and accommodating. Apparently some people believe that they can bust off an internal combustion engine and the go-juice just magically appears from nowhere and everyone loves their gas and diesel as long as it doesn't come from some city they visit. Well, busted hydrocarbons don't work that way. They smell. You work all day long on a short visit, and you feel the place can blow up at any moment. But soon you realize that everyone else works this way on a daily basis, and that's just the way refined gasoline and diesel smells constantly. So get over it. Most everyone used fossil fuels to get to work and back today. Right?...

Catastrophic J.

Very evil looking factory. Would not visit here even if you dragged me. Has a lot of balls too, no one wants to see that!!! Should be dismantled piece by piece, this is why our environment is fading.

Layla S.

where the Lorax does to die

Lisa B.

They are always trying to pull shady moves with the community. For example trying to put a rail oil delivery which would be dangerous for our community.

Hange S.

Went past on train, what a sad eye sore