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My column for this week, about the contradictions in the Democrat's energy policy.

Examples:

Think the million barrels a day from drilling in ANWR won't help, but getting 70 thousand barrels a day from the SPR will lower gas prices 24 cents.

Think we should be free from foreign oil, but refuse to drill domestically and fault Bush for not getting more oil from Saudi Arabia.

Want people to consume less oil, but want the administration to force companies to sell cheaper gas, which will increase consumption.

Think gas costs too much, so they want to tax oil companies to force them to spend money on alternative fuels instead of getting more supply of cheaper gas.

Say opening ANWR is senseless because it will take 10 years before we have full access to the oil. But they passed a bill to increase fuel efficiency that takes 13 years before it is fully implemented.

I have to excerpt my own columns. I'm working on getting approval from my editor to post them in full, especially since the paper changed their web site and wiped out all my on-line column links before march of this year.

1 posted on 05/14/2008 9:21:32 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Deserves a bump!


2 posted on 05/14/2008 9:49:57 PM PDT by Enterprise ((Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!))
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To: CharlesWayneCT

You’re dead-on.

Unfortunately, the Democrat constituents are rocks. They have no idea how markets work let alone something as simple as supply and demand.

Also the MSM will *never* pick-up on this and nail anybody of substance in the Democrat Party on their “plan” to increase production by not drilling in ANWR or anywhere else in the US.


3 posted on 05/14/2008 10:26:07 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Ted Kennedy - Codename -> "Bobber")
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Logic is too complected for dims
4 posted on 05/15/2008 1:17:09 AM PDT by spokeshave (Hey GOP...NO money till border closed and criminal illegals deported)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Excellent piece.
Did you happen to catch this gem from the May 7th Pelosi news conference(?):

‘Drilling is the failed energy policy of yesterday that has brought us
record gas prices today.’

And that from remarks ‘as prepared!’

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-07-2008/0004808866&EDATE=


5 posted on 05/15/2008 1:50:56 AM PDT by bugseye
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
So, how is the Democrat's "common sense plan" working? In the six years before they took control, oil increased an average of about $5 a year. But in the 16 months the Democrats have been responsible for the nation's energy policy, the price of oil has risen to $126 -- an increase of almost $70 a barrel or $5 each month. If I had a choice, I'd take $5 a year over $5 a month. Meanwhile, gas prices on the Democrat's watch went from $2.20 a gallon to $3.67, an increase of almost 10 cents a month

6 posted on 05/15/2008 11:07:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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