red states rule
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Besides oil comapny bashing - do you have anything to back up your rants about gouging?
Well, they believe that because the companies make plastics, chemicals, etc. from a barrel of oil that the profits increase per gallon of gasoline, but it isn't true. The profit on each of the products is about the same. The record profits come when gasoline actually gets profitable and people still use the same amounts.
If people wished to get into their pockets, driving less would do it. None of those inane little one day "Don't buy gas on this day..." things. They do nothing as the gasoline still gets purchased regardless of whether or not it is bought on that day particularly.
Profits from oil companies are a constant battleground.
Truly, if you wish to defund the terror groups it should also be your goal to use less oil. This is one of the areas that Bush goes wanting. We should have made it a goal to get off the oil teat, instead we are told to buy like there is no tomorrow and ignore that the funding comes from those enriched by our own purchases.
Basically, we sell them the rope that they attempt to hang us with.
red states rule
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Easy enough solution
Why not let the oil companies do what they do best?
Locate the oil, pump it out of the ground, ship it to a refienry, refine it, and distribute the finished product
Allow the oil companies to build all the refineries they need to without the damn treehuggers and EPA getting in the way
You will see the price of gas drop down
Why not let the oil companies do what they do best?
Locate the oil, pump it out of the ground, ship it to a refienry, refine it, and distribute the finished product
Allow the oil companies to build all the refineries they need to without the damn treehuggers and EPA getting in the way
You will see the price of gas drop down
Cancel 2016.2
The Almighty
"You will see the price of gas drop down"
Actually you will not see the price come down. Even in your scenario. Demand for oil is increasing too fast for production to keep up. Even if they found huge reserves today, it would be at least 4-5 years before that production came on line.
While the EPA and environemental groups certainly have put a hammer to every new refinery proposed, the blame must be shared with US. None of us want a refinery in OUR backyards. Local communities always find a way to justify the oil companies building "somewhere else". So we too are to blame.
Gas prices should remain high... until we find an alternate source of energy. I think the surge in development within solar and wind power are a good start. Fuel cell technology is likely still a decade away from being econmically viable for most uses... but it too is coming.
Actually you will not see the price come down. Even in your scenario. Demand for oil is increasing too fast for production to keep up. Even if they found huge reserves today, it would be at least 4-5 years before that production came on line.
While the EPA and environemental groups certainly have put a hammer to every new refinery proposed, the blame must be shared with US. None of us want a refinery in OUR backyards. Local communities always find a way to justify the oil companies building "somewhere else". So we too are to blame.
Gas prices should remain high... until we find an alternate source of energy. I think the surge in development within solar and wind power are a good start. Fuel cell technology is likely still a decade away from being econmically viable for most uses... but it too is coming.
uscitizen
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LOL, I did not say that the Bush admangleistration was any good at obtaining oil, just that was what it was about. They do however seem very good at keeping the price of oil up.
uscitizen
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Yep the bottle neck on gas is in the refining processes. Big oil has successfully bottlenecked that down.
Even if we had 5,000 tankers coming in tomorrow with $20/bbl oil would the gas price drop much ?
uscitizen
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then I am glad they will never run afoul of the anti gas gouging law in congress
But their profit margin is higher that the worlds largest retailer's is.
uscitizen
Villified User
You are just jealous.
I guess demoncrats are not supposed to be rich ?
Lets talk about some of the rich Republicans. Did GWB earn his money or was it pretty much handed to him ?
red states rule
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Only the limo liberals like Edwards fights poverty in this manner
Business Week magazine reports that Edwards launched a poverty center that conveniently worked out of the same office as his political action committee. The nonprofit center spent a staggering 70% of the money it raised on a speaking tour for Edwards and on salaries for staffers who in short order just happened to join his presidential campaign. This gives new meaning to the term "poverty pimp."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/05/john_edwards_poor_scam.html
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TRGLDTE
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No. Until demand decreases, why should it?
uscitizen
Villified User
Correct or refinery capacity goes up (fat chance).
but I keep hearing glimmerings of offshore refineries going up to ship in gas and compete a bit.
Porbably only Chavez though. But that would explain why he is labelled a terrorist axis of evil type.
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TRGLDTE
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Fat head Schumer bitching on Capital Hill because there isn't enough on the supply side. Economics - supply and demand.... Supply side economics... Schumer hates that idea, and now he's bitching and saber rattling because the oil companies were unable to do something he opposed and worked to prevent. Somebody shoot the Son of a Bitch already!
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