No, you said:
The drilling isn’t the problem-
I disagree. We get about the same amount of oil from OPEC as Texas, North Dakota and Alaska combined.
I said the problem is that we are at capacity in regards to refineries production and export the rest
No, you said:
We’re suppsoedly ‘at capacity’ in regards to our refineries and what they can handle- the problem is two fold- congress has prevented the companies from making enough refineries- and 2 since we can’t refine anym ore, we are exportign oil
We export essentially no crude oil, but we export our surplus of refined product.
Michelle backman said that if she were elected she woudl have been abvle to reduce hte price of gasoline to arounf 2-2 1/2 dollars or whatever it was before dearl eader took over- not sure how she woudl have accomplished that-
She could only accomplish that with price controls or other subsidies. It was a foolish statement designed to appeal to those that don't know better.
I think you’re missing hwat I was stating- IF we go energy indepedent, we set our own prices- and export prices will be higher makign it more attractive to export- and we’ll essentially be i nthe same perdicament we’re in now-
Venezuala is apaprently 12Cents per gallon in us dollars, nigeria, egypt etc are all below 1 dolalr gallon- their labor is dirt cheap but our labor is very expensive-
You said oil prices are the same everywhere- thsi isn’t true for ‘oil independent’ areas liek venezuala and others (We of course won’t be exporting to these countries, and wil instead export to the more expensive coutnries— )- global market values are not affectign htsoe coutnries-