1) Nationalize fuel formulas so that there aren't 40+ different recipes for gasoline bottlenecking refinery production. Included in the same bill could be a provision requiring governments that want to deviate from national fuel formulas to build their own refinery to meet the demand.
2) Begin anti-trust action against oil companies control of the extraction, refining of oil and the retailing of gasoline. When the same company that sells gasoline owns the refinery, it pays to shut it down for "maintanance", but when another company's only business is owning the refinery and then shuts it down for maintanance, they lose money.
Why doesn't someone press the dems on why they continue to be obstructionists in getting any kind of domestic energy policy?
Whose policies benefit the oil companies more?
Democrats/environmentalists who've blocked the building of new refineries and drilling in ANWAR etc and caused the tightening of the supply?
Or,
Republicans who want to do more of both and create price competition? Its almost as if the Democrats/environmentalists are doing the bidding of big oil, isn't it?
For all we know, big oil has been secretly funding environmental groups that seek to block drilling and building refineries in order to limit supply.
"Republicans could do two things that would have an immediate effect on the price of gas."
What Republicans are you referring to?
The ones that accept political donations from oil execs?
The ones that are lobbied in Washington by oil companies?