Keep in mind that the U.S. gets most of its oil from Canada and Mexico; neither are members of OPEC.

ah the follies of man.............

when confronted with the realities of inelastic and essential commodities he looks for the problem everywhere but where it really comes from

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I've had cars since I got my driving license but boy, do I feel lucky that after I moved to Asia many years ago, I didn't have to get another one. Having great public transport here, be it by bus, subway, ferry or even by cheap local taxi is doing just fine for me. Of course, I rent a small car when visiting Euroland but that's only 1 or 2 times a year and for a short while!
On the other hand, in many places people here are abusing/misusing the A/C for 9 or 10 months a year which leads to huge bills and bye-bye the environmental friendly carbon footprint.

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You're correct about Canada, but I'm fairly certain that Saudi Arabia is number two on the list.

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The U.S. will soon catch up to the U.K. in the price of petrol. As a matter of fact, we will likely surpass England, as the English pound and Euro are stronger currencies than the dollar. Gasoline is still amazingly cheap. We pay more for gallon of pepsi or gal. bottled drinking water than we do for a gallon of gas. On an equal voluum basis, we spend more for tea, coffee, beer, shampo, etc. Considering the potential of oil to produce the needed energy for important work, we treat it like it a cheap waste product. When it goes to $10 a gallon, it may finally get the respect it deserves.

You are blaming the wrong people.
Did the wild life of Alaska create the fuel prices of today.
Dude, put the blame where the blame is due.
Think for your self.
Let me tell you something...
...It doesn't matter where we get our oil from. The oil that would come from Alaska or anywhere else is going to go to the highest bidder...probably china.
It's about money not America.
Where does the oil we pump in Alaska now go?? Do you know?? Over 90% goes to Japan.
They pay more.
It's about money, not America or it's people.

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Here, I paid $4.11 yesterday...for a by product of making gas! It cots nothing to make diesel.
It's not supply and demand, it's greed and demand!
If you raise the price of an item and by doing this doesn't create more of that item then how does raising the price change anything?
I think the reason prices or very high is;
If the prices go up then they make more profit off of less product.
There is no shortage.
Only greed.
Some scientists think now that oil is not created from plant and animal matter but from the heat created from the Earths core but you hear nothing about it.
Remember that secret meeting the oil bastards had with that bastard cheeney and then the next week oil prices went through the roof??
What do you think they talked about??

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Historically if you buy in bulk the product is cheaper. The more bulk you buy , the cheaper the product is.
We here, buy way, way more oil than Holland does and how much tax do you pay on gas and diesel?

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Alternative fuel source? Sounds good.
Do you think the oil companys would allow that to happen?
Do you think oil men and women in political positions would allow that to happen?
We've already have alternatives invented...where are they?

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