Then people should stop bitch'n about why there are no alternatives to cheap foreign oil. As long as we have wild price fluctuations no one is going to risk the tens of billions of dollars to convert oil shale into oil, or invest in other technolgies that will make any difference.
Putting a tax on imported oil is another way to make oil shale technology cost effective but do we put it into effect now and push oil up to $80 or $90 a barrel?
My preference is no taxes of any kind and open up every square mile of America to exploration. The second would be to condition all $ aid, including World Bank type funds, on the condition countries give their citizens land/mineral rights ownership over their property.
You never heard me bitch.