I've been telling that to all the people that whine to me about gas prices. Start drilling for oil in our own country, build refinieries. Until officials are elected who will do so, shut up and pay the piper!
Me too...I yell it at them.....and I blame the LIBERALS right up front....telling people it's the DEMS fault we pay so much--they won't 'allow' the US to drill on a friggin frozen tundra or build a stupid refinery for over 20 years! That shuts them up.
Unfortunately, the problem (high gas prices) is now WAY BEYOND what can be remedied through ANWAR.
These price levels are here to stay, and will KEEP GOING UP as long as the CURRENT DEMAND level is CONTINUING. Everyone has got to get this into their heads.
Worldwide consumption of oil is way UP, with no forseeable decrease outside of worlwide recession.
The high gas prices are not due to any 'SHORTAGES'. Why is that? - - Because you don't see long gas lines at the pump.
OPEC is producing to meet DEMAND and will continue to do so, but because of this HIGH DEMAND, the markets will continue to BID UP the price.
Look - freeing up IRAQI OIL has done not only absoluting NOTHING to alleviate price levels, but we are seeing the highest prices of all time.
The only way to STOP or reverse this situation is to develop an alternative fuel to oil - not 'find more oil'.
I am not a 'wacko', and don't perscribed to Gore's past crazy schemes. But the time has come, not only for the well-being of our future economy and standard of living, but also for our national security, that alternative fuels need to be developed to counter-act our total dependency on oil.
And if they don't want oil prices bid up on the world market, tell them to stop buying cheap Chinese shirts, shoes, and other junk and enriching that (and other) nation(s) to the point where their people can afford gasoline using vehicles.