Wouldn't matter if we were.. its futures manipulation not supply shortages that have been driving gas prices through the roof for the past few years... Even if we tapped ANWAR the price would still be going up, because the markets being manipulated.
Tankers are SITTING in harbors because we have no place left to store the crude we have such oversupplies around the world, but the price keeps going up.. its a speculative manipulated bubble driving up prices for the past few years, not war in Iraq or issues with Iran.. just pure old greed by a few powerful folk.
OK.
'Splain this to me... if you can.
How did Southwest Airlines manage to secure futures at half of the current price? Pretty inept 'manipulation', if you ask me.
/tinfoil on
Who do you think is behind it? Soros?
/tinfoil off
The OPEC guys are getting nervous. The high prices could reach a tipping point where a viable alternative to their product emerges and gains traction. Personally, I would run my car on hog manure and fill it by hand if it meant not burning the oil of terrorists and dictators.
Tankers are SITTING in harbors because we have no place left to store the crude we have such oversupplies around the world, but the price keeps going up.. its a speculative manipulated bubble driving up prices for the past few years, not war in Iraq or issues with Iran.. just pure old greed by a few powerful folk.
I would guess a significant portion of this speculation is politically motivated and manipulated by George Soros and his ilk. They are deliberately trying to affect Bush's poll numbers and the November election.
This is of course all Bush's fault. This morning on the local news, their lead off story was that Americans are BLAMING Bush for the higher gas prices. That he should be doing something about it, bla, bla, bla. New pols showed that something like 75% of Americans say Bush is at fault, so says the local leftist news this a.m.