Don’t get me wrong....I’m not driving slower to reduce demand..simply to spend less $.
As far as the Iraq war goes, as well as the impending Iran war, we would be spending far more money for oil and gasoline now and in the future if not for our presence in the Persian Gulf. It’s not just ‘our’ oil flow we must be concerned with.
I realize that, but your savings is from personally lower demand even if it's not significantly affecting the market price.
I'm not advocating a federal speed limit of 55 mph. I'm just fascinated with the contradictions that are popping up as "conservative" has come to mean something so different these days. The "conserve" of "conservative" has been discarded, and so-called "conservatives" are acting like warmed-over liberals of yesteryear...right along with those who push for more federal involvement in our lives and also call themselves conservative! It's amusing.
It’s not just ‘our’ oil flow we must be concerned with.
Yes, it's a global market...and I feel good about taking the lead and spending my hard-earned wages on keeping oil costs down* for our competitors like China, who are gobbling up what they can to build for the future...how 'bout you?
Heck, if we can open up our interior reserves instead of using up off-shore and foreign sources first, we might be able to make it even cheaper for them...and then have to pay higher prices down the road because we've used our own first. Cool. eh?
*as you pointed out, if we keep the price down for us, it's down for others.