Are honest energy policies a liability?

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Should the government promise cheap gas?

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Asked in a news briefing if Obama agreed with Energy Secretary Stephen Chu's recent testimony that the administration's energy policy "is not to lower prices," White House press secretary Jay Carney said the goal was to "enhance American energy independence."



At the same time, he said repeatedly that it would be an insult to the American public's intelligence for the president to pledge a certain price at the gas pump.



"The president is not focused on a policy and is not making promises to the American people that, if I do this, you will be paying a certain price at the pump, because he is not insulting the American people's intelligence," Carney said.



"His commitment is to pursue a policy that enhances American energy security and enhances American energy independence, and that the only way we can insulate ourselves in the future from the kind of shocks caused by fluctuating oil prices on the global market is to do just that," he said.



http://www.upi.com/Business_News/20...-gas-prices/UPI-64321330559180/#ixzz1o585qlxX
 
Obviously he's for much higher prices. Obama has them at record highs for this time of year. Guess where they are going by summer. Boo fucking Ya!
 
The Dude said:
Obviously he's for much higher prices. Obama has them at record highs for this time of year. Guess where they are going by summer. Boo fucking Ya!
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Explain how "Obama" controls the price of gasoline.
 
Damocles said:
Better question, what would it be without the current policies?
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It's already at the highest level in years.

Demand from the booming economies of China and India along with uncertainty over Iran might be factors in prices, couldn't they?
 
The Dude said:
It's way down on federal lands which obuma controls junior! Burn!
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So someone named 'obuma' is responsible for oil leases on federal land, and that's why gas prices have risen?Haven't gas prices fluctuated in the past? Was this character 'obuma' responsible when prices fell, too?
 
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So someone named 'obuma' is responsible for oil leases on federal land, and that's why gas prices have risen?Haven't gas prices fluctuated in the past? Was this character 'obuma' responsible when prices fell, too?
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Please take an economics class welder boy, supply and deman he artificially restricts supply and price goes up. Yes bush allowed the same. If you are too dumb to realize that is a lefty wholly grain then u are way dumber than I thought.
 
The Dude said:
Please take an economics class welder boy, supply and deman he artificially restricts supply and price goes up. Yes bush allowed the same. If you are too dumb to realize that is a lefty wholly grain then u are way dumber than I thought.
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They have the drilling rights to an area of public land the size of Minnesota where they could and should be drilling. Only 25 to 30% of the acres the industry leases offshore ends up having large enough oil deposits to bring into production.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/06/news/economy/oil_drilling_leases/index.htm
 
So your to dumb to see the contradiction u just posted. Sorry it's not fun pummeling trolls with no college economics.
 
The Dude said:
So your to dumb to see the contradiction u just posted. Sorry it's not fun pummeling trolls with no college economics.
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The U.S. competes for oil with every other oil-importing nation and the tensions with Iran have set a higher price at the margin. The margin sets the price for everything else.

Strong world oil demand, with China growing at a rapid pace and India right behind it, along with supply that is “challenged,” with Libyan production still offline and problems in Nigeria, have all contributed.

The U.S. refinery system produced a record amount of 9.1 million barrels per day of gasoline last year, outpacing 2011 demand of 8.5 million barrels a day.


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wh...ing-a-record-2012-03-01?link=MW_story_popular
 
Just another random meaningless post. Obviously you are clueless, and you lack of personal ideas and random stab in the dark cut n paste make it painfully obvious.
Troll burn!
 
\\(())// said:
It's already at the highest level in years.

Demand from the booming economies of China and India along with uncertainty over Iran might be factors in prices, couldn't they?
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However, that is from Bush policies, which were still seriously throttled by the Ds in the Senate (the Rs never had a 60 vote majority, or even close to one even for the 4 years they controlled that house of congress).

Obama is trying to ride the Bush coattails, and lefties are just eating this up...

Since then he's stopped a pipeline that would have ensured energy from an ally, refined by an American company (Valero).

Can you tell me one policy of his that actually increased the drilling that wasn't simply a continuation of a Bush policy?

Bad things Bush did, like spend waaaaay too much or the stupid pill bill, he triples. Good things Bush did he tries to claim. It's pretty predictable really.
 
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I think Damo might have been part of the Bush admin somehow. Maybe just as an intern or something, but he was there...
 
Damocles said:
However, that is from Bush policies, which were still seriously throttled by the Ds in the Senate (the Rs never had a 60 vote majority, or even close to one even for the 4 years they controlled that congress). Obama is trying to ride the Bush coattails, and lefties are just eating this up...
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Yet you agree that production is high. So the canard that "Obama killed US oil production" doesn't work when trying to blame him for gas prices, does it?
 
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