You actually believe that enviros haven't hurt the supply of oil in this country, or for that matter the world? Where have you been living? While I will agree with you that oil companies are making a profit now, I will also say that profits keep our economy running. If we could drill off of the coast of CA for instance, we would have more oil here and less of an excuse for some of the oil companies to raise prices.
Supply and demand drives prices of any products in a capitilists society and it is the best way to go.
If the government would tell the enviros where to get off then we would all be better off and there would be less price gouging. The oil comapanies are blaming enviros with a good reason, they ARE the biggest reason energy cost so much now.
See, you're the kind of person who makes conversation difficult. Reread my post and you'll see that I never said anything LIKE what you accuse me of. I said that you can't blame ALL the oil price gouging on enviros. Certainly, ridiculous and extreme regulation costs oil companies, which is passed on to consumers. Certainly, enviro nutbags keep refineries from expanding and prevent construction of nuclear power plants, which keep costs from rising. All of that is true.
But those regulations and restrictions have been in place for the last 20 years, and none of them explain why gasoline prices have doubled at the pump in the last year. The biggest reason energy costs so much now is because oil company thieves can charge what they do. If they could charge more and get away with it, they would. And they would blame it all on the environmentalists because people like you would believe them.