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-"I've been telling that to all the people that whine to me about gas prices. Start drilling for oil in our own country, build refinieries. Until officials are elected who will do so, shut up and pay the piper! "

Unfortunately, the problem (high gas prices) is now WAY BEYOND what can be remedied through ANWAR.

These price levels are here to stay, and will KEEP GOING UP as long as the CURRENT DEMAND level is CONTINUING. Everyone has got to get this into their heads.

Worldwide consumption of oil is way UP, with no forseeable decrease outside of worlwide recession.

The high gas prices are not due to any 'SHORTAGES'. Why is that? - - Because you don't see long gas lines at the pump.

OPEC is producing to meet DEMAND and will continue to do so, but because of this HIGH DEMAND, the markets will continue to BID UP the price.

Look - freeing up IRAQI OIL has done not only absoluting NOTHING to alleviate price levels, but we are seeing the highest prices of all time.

The only way to STOP or reverse this situation is to develop an alternative fuel to oil - not 'find more oil'.

I am not a 'wacko', and don't perscribed to Gore's past crazy schemes. But the time has come, not only for the well-being of our future economy and standard of living, but also for our national security, that alternative fuels need to be developed to counter-act our total dependency on oil.

We have an issue with refining capability, the US hasn't built a refinery in 25 years, so it is an issue. I believe drilling our own oil, in our own country would bring the price down for us. It certainly won't help in the short term, but for long term it needs to be done. On the other hand, OPEC says there is no logical reason for oil to be this high, they are meeting demand, they have sources to meet demand and it's just panic making the price $70 a barrel.

" I am not a 'wacko', and don't perscribed to Gore's past crazy schemes."

Could you possibly have meant "subscribe" instead of perscribe"?

I am not a 'wacko', and don't perscribed to Gore's past crazy schemes. But the time has come, not only for the well-being of our future economy and standard of living, but also for our national security, that alternative fuels need to be developed to counter-act our total dependency on oil.

You're not a whacko. There are alternatives out there, such as shale, the oil sands, and even coal. They will take time to develop but with the high price of oil, they will be developed, IMO.

But you will be considered an evil corporate "whacko" by the whacked out left.

I think you've made some good points.

But also, from a strategic perspective... what's really so wrong with burning foreign oil? Doesn't it make sense that if supplies are ever someday going to be truly tight: *burn theirs first*

That's not foolish. That's planning. :-)

With regard to the SPR, I'm not sure it makes much difference one way or the other. If there is a logistical interruption and it is useful to redirect the flow, then fine. Whatever is "borrowed" can be easily replaced later.