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To: VR-21
What I've wondered lately is why these high oil prices haven't stimulated some domestic production like the boom of the 80's.

Environmentalists.

25 posted on 02/21/2008 10:51:30 PM PST by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave

Exactamundo! Environmentalists and their allies in the Senate and various statehouses have blocked drilling in ANWR and offshore coastal waters, construction of new refineries, expanded use of coal, and mandated boutique fuels. The first two directly prevent domestic production from expanding, while the latter two keep oil prices high which makes the average person hate oil and go along with alternative schemes like burning food for fuel instead of getting more oil.


37 posted on 02/22/2008 2:28:30 AM PST by Dahoser (America's great untapped alternative energy source: The Founding Fathers spinning in their graves.)
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