[alloysteel]

What economic purpose does an artificial scarcity of any and all forms of energy serve?

People will swiftly adopt any source of energy that has acceptable costs, so long as it is not more expensive than what it replaces. But to arbitrarily increase costs, with no compensating offsets or benefits, is tantamont to rationing, a bad idea whenever it is applied. What we have today is another form of the stagflation we were suffering under the misguided agenda of the Carter Administration, with energy costs substituting for the outrageous interest rates that then prevailed.

Remember the push in this country under Carter to adopt the metric system? We still have miles, gallons, pounds and acres. I know what a kilometer, a liter, a kilogram and a hectare are. I just don’t care.

[Intolerant in NJ]

"...do you think the president of the United States going into reelection wants gas prices to go higher?"...Perfect - captures precisely the very soul of this man and his administration - ME, ME, ME - Not "Do you think the president wants to see our people, especially the middle class, spending more and more of their hard-earned money on gasoline?" Not "Do you think the president wants to see our fragile economy and job creation wounded by higher and higher energy prices?" Not "Do you think the president wants more of our national wealth shipped overseas because of higher oil costs into the pockets of those who many times hate us?" No - his first and only real interest in spite of all his bullsh*t words about his great concern for the people and the country is that his reelection effort not be hurt - astounding........

[pallis]

Obama can’t lie his way out of this one, but he is going to give it his best. People might want to look at the last big spike, and what made those prices drop. It is clear that the biggest obstacle in the way of more production and discouraging OPEC is Obama. We are experiencing Obama gas prices. Don’t let him lie his way out of it.

[Sarajevo]

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[jersey117]

Excellent piece. Guess they didn’t succeed in shutting him up. LOL.