http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/06/todays-fuel-price-musings-waiting-for-the-other-oily-shoe-to-drop/ Whether you ride, drive or fly, transportation issues affect everyone. Especially when fuel prices are so high. Join Thomas V. Bona as he examines the things that make the world move. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:54:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/06/todays-fuel-price-musings-waiting-for-the-other-oily-shoe-to-drop/#comment-42 Carl Petrol Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:00:04 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/thepassengerseat/2008/03/06/todays-fuel-price-musings-waiting-for-the-other-oily-shoe-to-drop/#comment-42 It is the oil future buyers and sellers and the U.S. Congress that are responsible for the high prices at the pump. The buyers and sellers are see green. They make up stuff about the supply of oil, shipping of it, conditions of unrest in areas of the world where oil is found, pumped, refined and shipped. The U. S. Congress is afraid of not being re-elected should parts of the U. S. be opened for drilling. They have not looked at the advances in drilling, nor the safety tools in the event of spills. The U. S. Congress has also fallen for Al Gore's, "Con Job", on warming the planet. Just this week major weather forecasters in this country and the U.K., have called it a con job. Congress needs to change the requirements for the construction of oil refineries in the U. S. It is the oil future buyers and sellers and the U.S. Congress that are responsible for the high prices at the pump.
The buyers and sellers are see green. They make up stuff about the supply of oil, shipping of it, conditions of unrest in areas of the world where oil is found, pumped, refined and shipped.
The U. S. Congress is afraid of not being re-elected should parts of the U. S. be opened for drilling. They have not looked at the advances in drilling, nor the safety tools in the event of spills. The U. S. Congress has also fallen for Al Gore’s, “Con Job”, on warming the planet. Just this week major weather forecasters in this country and the U.K., have called it a con job. Congress needs to change the requirements for the construction of oil refineries in the U. S.

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