thill and Rick got real quiet.
thill and Rick got real quiet.
And why do you think that is?
A. Gas is still just $3.52, not the high $4's we say before
B. Bush was tight with Big Oil and people thought his administration was doing them favors.
C. Iran is thinking of closing the Straight so there is speculation of supply problems.
D. High gas prices is not something that is seen as political payoff from the Obama WH.
E. All of the above
And you think this is a good thing?
First of all, how WOULD you like me to chop your posts?
Second, you figured it all out.
It is Obama's fault. He is making gas prices go up to benefit all his buddies in Big Oil. Let's be honest, Obama's cash base is basically the oil rich state of Texas and he is doing this just for political reasons.
Makes plenty of sense to me.
Does anyone in this thread understand how the gas prices get set?
Fox is very agenda driven. So again, we can expect you not to post daily about this right?
1. The economy was crashing
2. We have become accustomed to higher gas prices/it's not a great shock that gas is going up it's done it EVERY year now for a while at this same exact time of the year
3. It was at the end of Bush's term
4. It was an election year
5. If it climbs up above the $4 range and flirts with the $5 range you're going to see Obama get called out
I know this doesn't match with your "ITS A MEDIA CONSPIRACY I TELL YA!" type of theory, but there are plenty of practical reasons why.
thill and Rick got real quiet.
Actually prices are rising earlier this year. It is a little odd that prices are rising at this time of year in light of the low demand.
The fact that the Democrats and their policies have impeded drilling and building of refineries in the US the past 20 years is the primary reason oil and gas prices are high.
Are you wanting the government to step in and stop oil companies from selling their oil?Heard on the radio yesterday, the US is exporting fuels due to the large reserves we have built up over the last few years.![]()
Link for the second part?
thill and Rick got real quiet.
Are your Googles broke?
This isn't something new. It's well known that a new refinery hasn't come online in the US since 1976. There are plenty of stories out there - from a variety of news agencies - in which petroleum experts bemoan the lack of refining capability. There are a few different factors, but the two that generally come up are the cost of building a new refinery and government regulations that make it difficult to build a new refinery. If you had to make a guess, which party would you say had the biggest hand in drafting legislation to limit this activity?
Why don't you enlighten us with a link so we don't have to guess?
Secondly, stringent environmental laws and effective community organizing have made it very difficult to build a new refinery in the U.S.
"Everyone is quick to say "look at these refiners, they're driving up the price,'" said Phil Flynn Flynn, senior market analyst at Alaron Trading in Chicago. "But if I wanted to build a refinery tomorrow, I couldn't do it."
Seriously? I'll help you out and give you one from CNN in 2007:
http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/17/news/economy/refineries/