Americans Getting Smarter On Gas Prices: Fewer Are Blaming “Big Oil,” More Favor Domestic Drilling

• June 11, 2008

Americans may be apathetic at times, and distracted, when it comes to public policy. But they’re not stupid, and there’s only so long they’re going to believe nonsense about high gas prices being the result of evil, greedy oil executives.

Even as the price of oil nearly doubled over the last year, the percentage of Americans pointing the finger of blame at oil companies fell, from 37% a year ago to 20%.
And 57% favor drilling in areas of the US that are currrently off limits.
Other factors measured, a drop in the percentage of Americans blaming high gas prices on the Iraq war, and single digit percentages blaming speculators (6%) and a weaker US dollar (4%). Those pointing to economic forces and supply vs. demand up from 10% to 15%.

Fact: America’s economy runs on oil right now, for better or worse.
Fact: Without some major technological breakthroughs the previous fact isn’t going to change any time soon.
Fact: Unless we start exploring for and/or utilizing our domestic reserves of oil we’re going to continue to be dependent on oil from places like Venezuela and the middle east, something that essentially provides funding for factions in those parts of the world that hate us.
The solution to the oil problem is not higher taxes. The solution is less government involvement in the oil industry.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics, The Loony Left

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While I think that’s true, I have to wonder why Newt was seen sitting on a couch with Nancy Pants doing commercials for Algore.

At least the lights were on and they weren’t making out!
I shudder to think what Bill “One Free Grope” Clinton might have done! Heh.
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Economics is not funny W.
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Newt keeps repeating that by a 79% to 18% margin Americans want Congress to take action to reduce gas prices versus address global warming.

While I think that’s true, I have to wonder why Newt was seen sitting on a couch with Nancy Pants doing commercials for Algore.

$4.00 gas (or more) is the logical result of the Dem/green agenda. W
patriot

I need to go start writing to some Senators & Representatives, they need to go do a press conference with the President and leading republicans (Thune, Bachmann(MN), Boehner, Kline, etc.) and hold it in STANLEY ND the middle of the Bakken Oil Patch and call for drilling in the shale of Colorado, ANWR, and every other domestic location. Interview locals and tell them how much the activity does for the local economy etc.

My only problem with this scenario, ND has its own oil and its own refinery, and VERY HIGH gas prices. Any solutions??
Kat

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RebTex

I know most view Southerners as simple, but hear me out…..
If you graph gas prices by date, you will see that the pump prices didn’t start getting out of hand until the democrats took over Congress.
As I was watching the news this morning, a prominent democrat was crowing about the sudden decrease of miles driven by Americans & how the high prices will force folks to buy hybrid vehicles & bio-fuels…..a technology the dems have invested heavily in….
Now, don’t spill your snuff!
I’m not sayin’ it’s a conspiracy.
I’m just saying it’s highly convenient that the instant they got control,my fuel prices went through the roof….
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Newt keeps repeating that by a 79% to 18% margin Americans want Congress to take action to reduce gas prices versus address global warming. So, what has congress done? Blocked drilling, blocked oil shale (purely partisan move by Landreau I might add!), attempted to raise oil company taxes, and tried to cap and trade us out of existence.
DKK
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This is an issue that could save the Republican party this year. Too bad our nominee’s got his head buried you know where.
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w,
If what you say is correct… and it is not… how do you explain the drop in US domestic crude oil production?

That is because his party is holding up drilling in the ANWAR and building new refinaries.
Bat One

Economics is not funny W.

Apparently it is to those who don’t know the first thing about it!
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While I think that’s true, I have to wonder why Newt was seen sitting on a couch with Nancy Pants doing commercials for Algore.

I never said he wasn’t a politician who goes with the wind. But he does have a list of policies that are poll winners — kinda like the Contract.
DKK
ollie-B

Funny. We had all these reserves and wells in place all the time. But nobody made any effort to get that oil until the price of crude made a lot of people rich.
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watashiwa get back to work.
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My only problem with this scenario, ND has its own oil and its own refinery, and VERY HIGH gas prices. Any solutions??

It’s a worldwide market.
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Bullshit, when it’s ready to go the market will accept it. Until then we’re better off with conventional energy sources.
Bat One

w,

If what you say is correct… and it is not… how do you explain the drop in US domestic crude oil production?
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Fact: Without some major technological breakthroughs the previous fact isn’t going to change any time soon.

How are we going to make those breakthroughs with cheap gas prices? It will be put off to everyone’s eventual detriment.

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