[DaveMSmith]

There is real competition now - we've built an infrastructure and if we do things like finish Keystone XL, we can ignore maniac regimes like Iran, Russia and ISIS and focus on stability.

Fuel costs have done much harm to the economy in the past 6 years. Food prices are crazy. Protecting the investments in wells to prevent disruption should be a priority - not sure how to do this in a free market.

[woodbutcher1963]

Much of the food cost increase was a direct result of the Ethanol mandates. Turning food for animal or you and me into fuel might be good for Archer Daniels Midland, but not so much for you and me.

Get rid of the 10% Ethanol and the price of beef, pork, Cheerios Corn Flakes, Coke Cola all go down.