Comments on: What’s the Story with High Gas Prices? http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:38:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Larry http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-80316 Larry Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:09:53 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-80316 It never cease to amaze me that our Congressional leaders continue to burden the American public with this issue year after year. When these people took over the Congress in 2006, they indicated how they wuld help reduce our dependency on foreign oil. All they have done instead was made us even more dependent on oil from foreign sources. They have banned exploration in many areas that hold the key to our future in our own country. I say let's throw all the bums out and start anew. It never cease to amaze me that our Congressional leaders continue to burden the American public with this issue year after year. When these people took over the Congress in 2006, they indicated how they wuld help reduce our dependency on foreign oil. All they have done instead was made us even more dependent on oil from foreign sources. They have banned exploration in many areas that hold the key to our future in our own country.

I say let's throw all the bums out and start anew.

]]> By: BG Pflugerville Texa http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2277 BG Pflugerville Texa Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:43:53 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2277 The speculators and the Congress are bringing the country and its people to a halt. The speculators are going above board to reach above board profits, and Congress is utilizing its control of the citizns by doing nothing. The speculators, the auto industry, the enviornmentalists (extreme ones) and the Congress are not interested in the welfare of the country or its people about high energy costs, all other high costs of everything,drilling for our own oil, coal, and gas. None of these groups are interested in devloping nuclear energy or anything positive that would benefit good sound business, or the people's livelihood. I am of the opinion that our national crisis has been deliberate. The election of a new incoming President will not make things better for America. It is Congress that makes, amends, changes the laws. I also blame the everyday American people for allowing this to happen to ourselves because we are the government; however, we have allowd our Federal and State Repesentatives and Senators and Governors do what ever they want when they want, or not do what they don't want to do. Please stop telling me to drive 55 miles per hour, insure my tires are inflated properly, use mass transportation (especially, in areas where there are none), spend tons of money to buy newer, more expensive cars that get 28-34 miles per gallion. Make cars that get 50 or more miles per gallon that are reasonably priced. GM, I feel for the people who work for you, to make cars, but I don't feel sorry that your Motor company may go under-you did it to yourself for not keeping up with the real needs of fuel economy in our nation. Congress, you are a sorry bunch of lawyer-politicians who do everything to prevent drilling for our own oil, gas, coal and giving the go-ahead for finding reasonably priced alternative sources of energy at the same time. The speculators and the Congress are bringing the country and its people to a halt. The speculators are going above board to reach above board profits, and Congress is utilizing its control of the citizns by doing nothing. The speculators, the auto industry, the enviornmentalists (extreme ones) and the Congress are not interested in the welfare of the country or its people about high energy costs, all other high costs of everything,drilling for our own oil, coal, and gas. None of these groups are interested in devloping nuclear energy or anything positive that would benefit good sound business, or the people's livelihood.

I am of the opinion that our national crisis has been deliberate. The election of a new incoming President will not make things better for America.

It is Congress that makes, amends, changes the laws. I also blame the everyday American people for allowing this to happen to ourselves because we are the government; however, we have allowd our Federal and State Repesentatives and Senators and Governors do what ever they want when they want, or not do what they don't want to do.

Please stop telling me to drive 55 miles per hour, insure my tires are inflated properly, use mass transportation (especially, in areas where there are none), spend tons of money to buy newer, more expensive cars that get 28-34 miles per gallion.

Make cars that get 50 or more miles per gallon

that are reasonably priced. GM, I feel for the people who work for you, to make cars, but I don't feel sorry that your Motor company may go under-you did it to yourself for not keeping up with the real needs of fuel economy in our nation.

Congress, you are a sorry bunch of lawyer-politicians who do everything to prevent drilling for our own oil, gas, coal and giving the go-ahead for finding reasonably priced alternative sources of energy at the same time.

]]> By: Big Al in the Dismal http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2186 Big Al in the Dismal Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:29:37 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2186 Speculation DOES serve a vital function, BUT it is also a means of pushing prices. Some people play up, some down. Right now there are many playing up the price, and we see the resulting volitility in the market by every little 'thing' shooting the price higher and higher. Meanwhile producers look for places to store the oil they pump, for there is more than enough oil on the market to supply demand for now. IF there was an increasing market with resulting shortage do you seriously think we'd have to beg them to pump more of the stuff? They are, after all, in the business...supplying demand. Limiting supply to push prices is counter productive to their long term interests, which is extending the market for oil (one of their only resources). Speculation DOES serve a vital function, BUT it is also a means of pushing prices. Some people play up, some down. Right now there are many playing up the price, and we see the resulting volitility in the market by every little 'thing' shooting the price higher and higher. Meanwhile producers look for places to store the oil they pump, for there is more than enough oil on the market to supply demand for now. IF there was an increasing market with resulting shortage do you seriously think we'd have to beg them to pump more of the stuff? They are, after all, in the business…supplying demand. Limiting supply to push prices is counter productive to their long term interests, which is extending the market for oil (one of their only resources).

]]> By: Mark P., York, PA http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2151 Mark P., York, PA Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:45:30 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2151 I believe we need to start by throwing out all of our "elected officials" inside the Beltway and put some people in office with some common sense. Granted, drilling now may not immediately lower prices at the pump but it will eventually ease the pressures. I like the idea of an Executive Order lifting the Dem's ban on offshore and ANWR. I also like the idea of a federal and state tax holiday. Nothing will happen with our current lot of self absorbed politicians so I say throw them out and start over! I believe we need to start by throwing out all of our "elected officials" inside the Beltway and put some people in office with some common sense. Granted, drilling now may not immediately lower prices at the pump but it will eventually ease the pressures. I like the idea of an Executive Order lifting the Dem's ban on offshore and ANWR. I also like the idea of a federal and state tax holiday. Nothing will happen with our current lot of self absorbed politicians so I say throw them out and start over!

]]> By: Darvin Dowdy http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2128 Darvin Dowdy Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:07:54 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2128 its simple. The opec ministers want Obama for POTUS. For obvious reasons. So they tighten down the spigot and slow supplies in an already super-heated global oil market. They do this knowing that the irrational, unthinking US voter will take the knee-jerk path of least resistance and blame George Bush and the Republicans for the high prices at the pump. Egged on by the biased MSM and the dem's. Its working like a charm isn't it? DD its simple. The opec ministers want Obama for POTUS. For obvious reasons. So they tighten down the spigot and slow supplies in an already super-heated global oil market. They do this knowing that the irrational, unthinking US voter will take the knee-jerk path of least resistance and blame George Bush and the Republicans for the high prices at the pump. Egged on by the biased MSM and the dem's.

Its working like a charm isn't it? DD

]]> By: se7en, Provo, UT http://blog.heritage.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2115 se7en, Provo, UT Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:39:12 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/07/02/whats-the-story-with-high-gas-prices/#comment-2115 Someone should teach Bill O'Reilly an Econ 101 class; if I have to hear his moaning about the price-gouging of the oil companies one more time, I'd probably snap. Someone should teach Bill O'Reilly an Econ 101 class; if I have to hear his moaning about the price-gouging of the oil companies one more time, I'd probably snap.

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