Were there no Middle East conflicts from 1976-2000 (No Iran-Iraq war & no Soviet occupation of Afgan)
No hurricans at all from 1976-2000? Wow!!!
All the oil refineries did not had a single problem from 1976-2000? Can we look at the records?
2007-05-16 22:49:56 · 11 answers · asked by Mr. USA U 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
My favorite is the conservative response.
The rise in prices is due to the free market, a miraculous thing that makes life better for us all. There is a supply and there is a demand. There are consumers who will now pay more for more than gas and there are oil companies, who will continue to make record profits. This is good for us all, because it is the free market. Hands off the free market! Laissez-faire and all that good crap! Meddle with the free market and it will no longer be good for us all. Gas prices might go down, but so would oil company profits. That would be very bad for us all and not very laissez-faire.
2007-05-16 23:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
War,Katrina damaging a refinery and pipe lines, greed on the part of commodities traders and enforced fuel blending to meet EPA requirement. That is not even mentioning increased consumption.
Lack of new refineries being built means that we are now importing gasoline. The more hands a product goes through the higher the price.
I know you don't want the truth! You just want to hear Bush did it or the evil oil companies are robbing us.
Why are you not happy with the situation? Increasing fuel costs are exactly what will lead to alternative fuels and better vehicles. Americans will respond to nothing else. It is a very good thing. Think of it as the shots you get to keep you from getting life threatening diseases.
2007-05-17 07:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To pay for the war and pay to rebuild the oil fields of Iraq, think we are using the same amount of fuel today as we did 5 years ago, but the government & oil companies are making 3 times the money and the only way to fix the problem is a massive boycott of using fuel, yes that means sacrificing the use of, gasoline, electricity, cable, the wed, yes just abandon these things and march up to Washington and remove the government and nationalize all natural resources, in the name of the public citizens of the USA, are if we don't have the balls for that. send massive letters to our government of our intent of removing them and set in place a government that will have the public citizens in mind, but I'm afraid they public will remain silent .
2007-05-17 07:04:46 · answer #3 · answered by man of ape 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a squeeze on the middle class. In numbers our middle class scares the rest of the world. Upwardly mobile, politically conscious, and with a base that used to be industrial and sound.
Technically inflation can be a good thing in a transition period. Brazil when it was going through it's change and associated world bank issues, had a huge inflation rate.
2007-05-17 06:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Wonka 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a mystery isn't it? Some of the issues have to do with the lack of oil refineries we have and the more stringent restrictions placed on the gasoline by individual states. Another factor is ethanol. A big factor is China's need for more oil... (I'm not one that believes the world will run out of it anytime soon)... but it's another "mouth to feed".
I believe a the largest factor is the green party and their "Global Warming" Farce. They claim oil is running low and it's harder to come by and blah blah. Basically they have been enabled to raise prices under false pretenses.
2007-05-17 06:15:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Perfect 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the dumbocrats won the congress back we will all pay dearly for the voters bad voting . this is just a start there is more to come enormous tax hikes that the dems have passed will take food off your table inadequencies of the dems in illinois will leave people shivering in the winter and sweating in the summer with their ameren fiasco , it almost gets to a vote but then pelosi's working congress goes on a break or world tour
2007-05-17 07:07:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't worry, I just remembered that when the Alaskan Pipe line is finished that the US will be Energy Independent and will not have to depend on foreign oil.
(And all the lottery profits will go to fund the schools too).
2007-05-17 06:51:30 · answer #7 · answered by Red 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Until 1996 most Chinese were riding bicycles.
2007-05-17 07:15:02 · answer #8 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets go ahead and blame it on the Arabs again. Thats what big oil companies want us to believe. I.E. Exxon-Mobil
2007-05-17 06:24:04 · answer #9 · answered by Joey 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
well, when bush took office, the average us gas price was $1.25
what do YOU think caused the jump? ever heard the phrase "milk it while you can?????"
MY GOD... I PRAY THAT EVERY SINGLE "BUSH" TURNS THEIR BACKS ON POLITICS & NEVER EVER EVER RUN AGAIN!!!!!
2007-05-17 07:05:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋