Yes the price of oil is up, the speculation price that is
Yes I just paid $4 a gallon to fuel up - 115 gallons....you do the math
Yes we have limited capacity in refining oil
Yes we have a lot of domestic oil sources but we are not allowed to use the or drill for them, we are not allowed to even think about drilling for them
Yes the government is the real cause of the prices, not the oil companies. Their intervention in environmental issues, in domestic taxes and other areas have driven the price too far up
Yes we are all fools not to be complaining to the government to get out of the oil business and stay out - this is not the 1920's, this is not the old economy, this is a new world....
Yes we should fight for the proper education on what is going on and fight the propaganda from the political parties, the candidates and the congress
To solve the problem;
Government has to stop telling the oil companies where to drill. We should be able to drill in the Arctic, in the gulf and in my back yard if there is oil there.
Government needs to remove some of the taxes, resturctre the way the taxes are spent, and put limits on the use of the money that the states receive.
Government needs to take a serious look at the EPA charter and change it to include economic impact studies before implementing policies. No one seems to remember that the EPA DOES NOT have to look at what impact their policies have on our economy, NO OTHER COUNTRY DOES THIS AND NO OTHER COUNTRY IS DICTATED BY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES.
Government needs to rein in states who don't allow us to idle, who tell us what equipment we can and can not use for interstate commerce and make their own rules.
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People need to grow up and take responsibility to educate themselves on this and other issues before even considering to have the government do a thing about our problems other than get out of the way.
The real idiots are the people, they have fallen for the idea that there is global warming, that we live in the worst, most polluted country in the world and that we must put our efforts into energy alternatives right now but they don't want to first solve the real problem that we are facing us today, our energy sources. It seems that they don't want to face reality when it comes to drilling for oil or Natural Gas. It seems that they are so worried about ANWR that they would rather have $6 a gallon fuel - a place I might add that the average person will never ever see in their lives so who really cares.
