[Brilliant]

The Democrats have relied entirely on conservation, which means, in essence, “do without.”

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

It is too late for blame. We either get this under control or we will see the US economy brought to its knees.

[RightWhale]

It isn’t the Dems either, even though they promised they would do something about it if they were elected in 2006.

[CedarDave]

Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) sponsored the most recent domestic energy proposal in Senate. The Senators’ plan, titled “The American Energy Production Act” (S.2958), projects a production of 24 billion barrels of oil domestically as well as opens up the potential of oil shale and coal-to-liquid technology.

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The clean coal-derived section of the Domenici-McConnell plan mandates the production of 6 billion gallons of coal-derived fuels by 2022. The United States is one of the leading countries in coal reserves. This plan provides a 3.75 percent reduction in oil imports by that same year.

Democrats rejected the Domenici-McConnell plan by a 42-56 vote on May 13th.

[OrioleFan]

Yesterday I was told by a financial planner, who came to our office for a brown bag seminar, that oil is bought and sold in dollars. The weaker the dollar the higher the price of oil. Any additional upward movement in the price of oil comes from the speculators. So if the dollar keeps losing value, oil prices will rise. The way out is if the Fed raises interest rates.

[MBB1984]

I do blame Bush for not actively pushing for nuclear power, drilling in ANWR and off the Florida Coast. If the GOP would have done that, we could take the offensive on this issue and drill the left.

[Jim Noble]

I think it's clear that if the GOP by some miracle is in charge, prices will rise.

If the Democrats are in charge, they will ration. Bet on it.

You can have all the gas you want, at the market price, or you can have lower prices and rationing.

Those are the choices.

[snowrip]

What is bad for the United States is good for the democrat party.

[Christian4Bush]

mark for later

[Antoninus]

A significant portion of our current high energy costs may be directly traced back to the Democrat party being in bed with the enviro-wackos and not allowing us to develop our oil, coal, and nuclear resources.

Now we need to get this message out to the voters. It's an easy sell. Hammer it home.