[Jmouse007]

1) SPECULATORS

2) The Democrats/environmental wackos unwillingness to support USA drilling for oil

3) President Bush's (and the Republican senate and congress's) unwillingness to put a full court press on GENUINE ENERGY POLICY/REFORM.

Energy and the lack thereof is a direct threat to our national security, he should present an executive order to drill in Anwar and everywhere else we have proven oil reserves. He should also provide for new refineries and nuclear power plants in order to limit our dependence on oil being sold by people who hate our country, who openly support our enemies and who want to see us converted, enslaved to Islam or dead.

Why worry? Because this energy crisis is killing us as a nation and hurting millions of middle class and poor Americans and it is only going to get worse. Sure the rich and the speculators are not impacted, but EVERYONE ELSE in America is.

[Rte66]

" ... an executive order to drill in Anwar and everywhere else we have proven oil reserves. He should also provide for new refineries and nuclear power plants in order to limit our dependence on oil being sold by people who hate our country, who openly support our enemies and who want to see us converted, enslaved to Islam or dead. .."

All of which requires an even higher price for oil than we have now. The companies who do those things are just now recovering to profitability from the years of $12/bbl in the not-so-distant past.

They need profits for reinvestment in order to go forward.

[SaxxonWoods]

"this energy crisis is killing us"

No, it's not.

"Gas was at 7.2% of consumer spending 20 years ago--but it is at only half that rate today (3.7%). As a slice of the U.S. GDP, gasoline is down by a third, to 3%."

Try reading the article, gas is cheap in real terms. That's why the streets are still crowded with cars, or haven't you noticed?

[Izzy Dunne]

this energy crisis is killing us as a nation and hurting millions of middle class and poor Americans and it is only going to get worse.

Howard?
Howard Dean, is that you?

I don't believe your extremist rhetoric, mainly because I have seen NO decline in the number of gas-fueled vehicles on the roads.

[Alberta's Child]

Why worry? Because this energy crisis is killing us as a nation and hurting millions of middle class and poor Americans and it is only going to get worse.

What "energy crisis" are you talking about?

[raybbr]

Sure the rich and the speculators are not impacted, but EVERYONE ELSE in America is.

See my post #26

[mysterio]

Uh oh, you just pissed off the stockbrokers by not expressing delirious excitement over high gas prices.

There's a disconnect. They live in upper middle class areas, and $3 a gallon might be a minor annoyance at worst to them. They don't get to the end of the month and run out of money with a week to go because of the extra hundred spent on gas.