[jveritas]

Point 1 and 2 of your solution is above is talk talk and talk... Point 3 is another talk and it does not have immediate effect.

My solutions:

Put a temporary halt on Federal and State taxes around 50 to 60 cents will be cut from the price of a gallon of gasoline.

Release oil from the strategic reserve at rate of 0.5 Million to 1 million barrel a day. This will drop the oil price world wide by 15 to 20 dollars.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Lifting the gasoline taxes means nothing. It's putting a bandaid on an amputation. It doesn't change the price of crude.

There is no short-term solution, we are way beyond that. We need oil drills and refineries built. Even if we started today, it would take 10 years.

Way to go, Washington. You weenies are the cause of the next Great Depression.

[chris1]

Agreed, the taxes are just piling on.

The gov't at all levels does the opposite of what should be done all the time.

I just can't imagine after 9/11 anyone in their right mind not being for more domestic exploration of oil drilling.

[curiosity]

Release oil from the strategic reserve at rate of 0.5 Million to 1 million barrel a day. This will drop the oil price world wide by 15 to 20 dollars.

The reserve is supposed to be for strategic emergencies, like the Saudi or Iranian oilfields going offline. The current situation hardly qualifies.