 blueridge says: The real reason behind gas at 3.69/gallon vs. 1.25/gallon when Bush entered office. It's not supply and demand, nor OPEC squeezing us. It's neocon war-mongering in the Middle East which makes the future's traders bid up the price of oil based upon "war fears" alone! Instead we hear nonsense on talk radio that "OPEC is mostly our enemies in the Middle East" (Saudis are best friends with Bush's and D.C., and U.A.E. is as well), that our limiting supply. Not true, not true at all. Iraq is producing below historical levels, not because of OPEC, but because the U.S. invaded it. Gosh...I've been hearing on the USA TV news that Iraq oil production is higher than Before the War. We are witnessing, I believe, a significant World War over Oil. It's like the last flailing tremors of a fish out of water. I understand both the USA and England have 100-year supply of coal. Other nations as well. And since the Oil World Wars are due to failure because of final exhaustion of the resource, we'd be better off working on 'clean coal,' renewable energy, alternative energy and even exploration for places where there is oil without war. War only makes the problem worse and doesn't focus and put all the resources on solving one of the prime real issues: energy needs. In this tr... |
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