Posted on 05/05/2011 10:10:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Steven Chu, Obama's energy secretary, has called for higher and higher gas prices to force citizens to buy more fuel-efficient vehicles and live closer to work. "Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe," Mr. Chu was quoted as promising. By the way, Mr. Chu's goal would equate to $7-$8 per gallon.
Sure enough, the Obama administration has slowed down or stopped the future development of most of the vast U.S. energy reserves, onshore, offshore and in Alaska.
That is despite the fact that the United States' oil shale deposits, primarily in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, are tremendous, more than three times larger than the proven oil reserves of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Geological Society estimates that Arctic Alaska has technically recoverable resources of approximately 30 billion barrels of oil, 6 billion barrels of natural-gas liquids, and 221 trillion cubic feet of conventional natural gas. Furthermore, the outer continental shelf of the United States is estimated to contain 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
As President Barack Obama joked while speaking at a foreign-owned wind-turbine plant in Pennsylvania, "If you're complaining about the price of gas and you're only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know — you might want to think about a trade-in."
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It already is a national campaign. I can’t remember the website, but you can probably find it.
I carry sticky notes and a marker with me wherever I go now. :)
How is it that Chu gets to work? Bet he doesn’t even think about the price of gas as he winds his way through D.C..
Most people driving vehicles that get 8MPG are doing so because they cannot afford to buy a new vehicle. Many have been laid off and are unemployed because of the lousy Obamaconomy.
Just how many degrees of difference do you really think exists between the two parties? Announced today, the GOP leadership has abandonned as hopeless the task of repealing OBAMACARE. Does that really surprise you? And all those nice freshmen Reps elected by the T-Party crowd, how have they done in limiting the budget or ridding the U.S. of the abomincation of OBAMACARE?
Get a grip on reality.
It will work on enough to get him re-elected.
A Conservative with a clue and a set of b@!!s could clean the muzzies clock come election time.
The RNC should be running ads 24/7 making the entire country aware of Chu’s words....
And sooner, rather than later.
I am U.S. military in Bahrain and gas is $.80 a gallon. WTF is gas so expensive in the U.S.?
Meh, peanuts.
A gas station in Germany was running low on premium (Super) over Easter and raised the price to 9.99 euro/l to deter patrons from buying that grade. That's $56/gallon! Unfortunately a few poor schmucks didn't notice and had a lousy Easter weekend.
Good question!
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