FReep O'REILLY: ANWR Can Prevent OPEC Price Gouging (easy cut-n-paste-takes 30 seconds)

[jmstein7]

Was anybody watching "The Factor" last week as PO'd as I was at the guest O'Reilly picked to discuss gasoline prices? Let's make sure O'Reilly knows what the real problem is: liberals (paid off by tree-huggers) who won't drill in ANWR.

Simply cut-and-paste the letter below and email it to O'Reilly@foxnews.com . It is even better if you modify it and make it your own - but keep it short. Don't forget to put your name and town at the bottom of the email:

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Dear Bill,

I was outraged at your guest who implied that the recent price gouging at the gas pumps is somehow the fault of domestic oil companies and that price controls are the answer. That is nonsense. If liberal politicians, who get big payoffs from enviornmentalist extremists, would put people above caribou, we would not be subject to the tyranny of OPEC, which is responsible for the current high gas prices.

Government sticking its big, corrupt nose into oil pricing is not the answer.

[ YOUR NAME HERE ] [ YOUR CITY ], [ YOUR STATE ]

_______________________________________________________

Send to: oreilly@foxnews.com

[RonF]

I was wondering where you get the idea that drilling in the ANWR would appreciably affect oil prices? Before you answer, take a look at the projected recoverable oil from it, and how much gasoline per year would be produced.

[chris1]

Are you nuts??? Its not only ANWR, its anywhere we can possibly drill and obtain our own sources oil that the liberal pychopaths won't let us look to for more fuel.

[HamiltonJay]

Please, the current price issues have NOTHING to do with CRUDE supply from OPEC or elsewhere, its a refining capacity issue, and its only going to get worse!

There hasn't been a refinery built in the United States since the 1970s! Yet more cars are on the roads, and more and more of those vehicles get worse gas mileage than cars of the 70s and 80s thanks to the Light and Heavy Truck/SUV fads.

So, more cars, = more demand, no new refineries = limited production ability.

You want lower gas prices, you need to get refineries built, which is not really advantageous to do. You have NIMBY crouds to worry about in the NE, and Envirowackos out on the west coast. And an industry that makes more money when supplies are short with no incentive to build.

Its the exact same thing going on with GAS that went on with Electricity in Cali. NO new plant production because government policy caved to Enviro voting block over sound policy, so no new power, limited supply and an ever growing demand on the supply that was avialable... plus some nice manipulation by some middle men.

You want cheaper gas, force new refineries to be built. I think Bustamante may be onto something with his "price controls"... idea... not price controls per se, but let the state build, own and operate a few refineries and then sell the production to the open market.. will lower gas prices and raise state revenues.... But of course I don't expect any canidate will suggest that.

To do that, they have to give the finger to enviromentalists, and make sound policy decisions... something California seems incapable of doing.

[jmstein7]

BTTT!

[Cold Heat]

The populist TV talking head is not worth FReeping IMHO.

[jmstein7]

Bump!

[RonF]

No, I'm not nuts. It's quite sensible to ask what the risk/benefit ratio is for any investment.

And the usual issue environmentalists have is not looking for fuel, but exploiting it once it's found. It's the latter, not the former, that causes environmental problems.

[HamiltonJay]

See Post 4... Enviro's don't want it tapped, and don't want it processed, and poor energy policy for 20+ years caving to enviro nutballs and commies using enviro as surrogate to slow down and harm America.

Gas problem is not a crude oil problem, just like electricty its a production problem! Not enough refineries.... its not an issue of not enough crude. Not 1 new refinery has been built in the US since the 1970s.. does that make any kind of sense?

Here's a look population wise:


July 1, 1979 225,055,487

July 1, 1999 272,690,813

in 2003 this estimate is about about 280 Million! Over 50 Million new Americans, but no new refineries... or a 25% growth in population, as well as a growth in cars even greater over the same time, and a production capacity that has remained nearly flatlined.... don't have to be a genious to figure out its production capacity not raw material limitation.

Just like Cali's problems were from caving to Envirowackos instead of building new generators for the ever increasing population and demand... Gas issue is the same... poor policy decisions for 20+ years and now we get to pay the price.... will anything be done to fix it? I doubt it.

[RonF]

Well, if the problem is that there aren't enough refineries to process existing crude oil, drilling and pumping more crude oil won't make any difference. So this in fact argues against drilling in ANWR.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Drilling ANWAR and uncapping the oil reserves Clinton capped would give us plenty.

[Dave S]

Didnt you already post this a few days ago. Not enough people come to your aid?

ANWR is not going to stop the "price gouging." The shortages are due to lack of refinery capacity, not crude oil. We have plenty of crude and we really havent had a problem since the early 80's. Even though OPEC member, Venuezuela is harding producing crude, the Saudis and others are making up the difference.

Again we lack refineries to convert oil to gasoline. We also have too many specialty grades of gasoline. Neither of these is affected by ANWR which even if it was passed would not affect US oil supply for two or three years and then only at the margin.

Find another issue.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Drill everywhere and mine all the coal we can.We need energy not environmentalists.

[TYVets]

X42 Bill Clinton made a national monument of one of the worlds two best coal fields as a compaign promise to Ridady (sp?). It is locationed in southern Utah.

Has President Bush shown any interest about using this coal for the good of the country? Not that i have heard about.

Two wrongs do not equal a right!

[TYVets]

In southwestern Missouri the retail price of unleaded regular gasoline was about $1.629 per gallon ten days ago.

Todays retail price is between $1.539 and $1.589 per gallon. These prices include all state and federal taxes.

In 1979-80 the retail price of unleaded regular gasoline topped out at $1.229 per gallon here.

State and Federal Taxes were lower.

Bill Clinton had not robbed The Interstate Highway Trust of money that was to be used for construction of new highways and replairs to old interstate highways. X42 applied the money to Deficit Reduction ( Dafficit reduction ).

The green wachos had not started their terrorism.and law suits.

EPA, DNR, Zoning etc had not made new rules and regulations faster than they could print them or interpret them.

Jeb Bush had not stopped drilling off the Florida Coasts.

A retail location to sell gasoline could be build for $100,000, today $1,000,000 and more, alot more.

The ranting could go on and on for hours, but ranting off /)

It is all the oil companies gouging that has raised gasoline prices,,, to that I say Bull Sh** !

(ranting off, second time /)

[katz]

The libs are the ones who are saying that the projected oil reserves are not worth the effort. They knock on my door yearly for signitures to protest oil drilling in ANWR. Where do they get there information? Why don't we listen to information from oil producers?

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Having worked on the Slope.. I can assure you that the Carribou could care less about the pipeline. In fact, the LOVE it. They lay under it.. they calve under it. They walk under it. It hasn't bothered them in the least.

When you work there, if you even get out of your vehicle when traveling from point A to point B to walk on the Tundra you ARE FIRED. It is the best managed piece of land on the earth.

There is NO TRASH littering ANYWHERE.

Anyone who is against drilling.. simply has not BEEN THERE.

[EERinOK]

Good points.

A couple to add if you don't mind.

1) Good old fashioned Labor Day Weekend, Joe on the corner retailer Price Jump. Happens every labor day weekend.

If you ever knew anybody owned a gas station that said he only made a penny a gallon on gas, but makes all his money on coffee, frozen burritos and cigs, he is full of BS, especially on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends.

Independent retailers (perhaps the bulk of gasoline sales) and store managers have the go ahead either from their own motivation, or corporate permission, to make a profit when they can, and they do.

Gasoline jumped fast about 14cents here leading up to labor day, its dropped about 7 since. I expect it to be back in the dollar+low forties soon. Normal, and well below inflation.

2) there are now some 90 odd blends of gasoline delivered to market in the US, to satisfy 3 basic octane ratings. they are the result of multiple variants of state and local clean air laws. Less variation would slightly increase refinery capacity. It does not solve the problem at large, but is an illustration of government induced inefficiencies.

Natural gas this winter is a raw material supply issues though in which liberals are firmly entrenched in the way of progress.

I have a great suggestion to government. You want to sho wthe people you can provide relief, lower the tax a nickel or dime a gallon.

[David Isaac]

I have noticed that all of the things you have mentioned have occured under the watch of both major parties. One would have thought that one party or the other would have ridden to the rescue of "working families".