Nickname: JetMan

Review: Get off your tail and do some honest research. Cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel that doesn't pollute and isn't made from corn is coming online NOW. Research companies like USSE and SSTP and you will find great fuels that run in the present production vehicles and can replace ALL of the imported oil. Fuel that can power turbines and produce electricity at a 40% reduction in cost and cleaner air.

Date reviewed: Aug 22, 2007 6:21 PM

Nickname: econhater

Review: ECONGUY: Please leave your fear-driven unwarranted political attack out of the discussion. It's people like you that make it harder for us to become energy self sufficent. Do some research before you have a knee jerk, uninformed, politically slanted response.

Date reviewed: May 19, 2006 1:21 AM

Nickname: Roger

Review: Every SUV drivin' American needs to run out and buy a nice economic fuel minded car. Our government needs to start taxin' the heck out of every suv drivin' american to help us poor folk who drive somewhat fuel effecient cars.

Date reviewed: May 18, 2006 2:06 AM

Nickname: econguy

Review: It really sickens me to see Democratic leaders turn this short term situation to their midterm election advantage after years of pressing for round after round of EPA reg changes on refiners and others, no drilling provisions on the West Coast, Northeast, and ANWR, and calls for major fuel excise tax increases to promote conservation. We need more investigations of them and their fraudulent policy shifts to grab power. At the populist level, we need to point out just where the oil resources are located in ANWR. They are right along the coast in perhaps a 25 mile band, not in the hundreds of miles of inland beauty depicted in the propaganda images. While we're at it someone needs to point out the Canadian oil development east of ANWR at the same latitude and with expensive pipelines running south.

Date reviewed: Apr 25, 2006 10:24 PM

Nickname: Peorian

Review: Its a simple question of demand vs supply. Add in the threats of disruption of lot of supply due to the Iran problems and you have a heady cocktail. Are China and India taking it away for free? No. So why blame them? Why is the US not doing anything to increase the supply (& reduce prices) by exploring & producing more? The big cos here seem to be happy on the sly as higher prices mean higher profits for them without spending anything on exploration. It's a big win for them - imagine getting rewarded for doing nothing!! Other cos spend billions to increase earning in competitive markets. The least that a little guy like me can do - keep off the big gas guzzlers, drive small cars like all in China and India do. Popular cars in India weigh 1300 pounds vs our populars at 3000. If you cant increase supply atleast help reduce demand.

Date reviewed: Apr 25, 2006 9:41 PM

Nickname: STEVEN

Review: The easiest solution to high oil prices has never been tried--put a windfall tax on the oil companies. And then slap an alternative minimum tax on the corporations. Then use the tax money as a stick to force the oil companies to build new refineries. There has not been a refinery built in the U.S. since 1973! And build it in a non-environmentally sensitive area. There is not enough refining capability and there is always a plant down for maintenance or damage by a disaster. Just remember the oil companies crying foul, but making $31 billions in profits and giving their CEOs $400 million retirement packages.

Date reviewed: Apr 24, 2006 1:28 AM

Nickname: Mr. Joe

Review: Hey man, I'm working for a large, U.S. multinational oil company overseas, and let me tell you, there's plenty of oil still out there. But heck, $74 a bbl. oil is keeping me in a $200,000 a year salary. Keep that Detroit SUV smokin homey. drb-

Date reviewed: Apr 21, 2006 7:13 PM

Nickname: Long tooth

Review: Things to consider: The US is importing almost 10 percent less oil at this time of year as compared to 2005. US oil stocks currently has a surplus. The oil market is in contango, meaning long-term oil contracts are higher than spot oil prices; spot oil would have to rise to $77/bbl for holders of those contracts to break even. Because of the contango, it pays to store oil and to release it later at the higher price; currently all storage facilities are full. We are sitting on a 17 year high of natural gas; gasoline reserves are up 10-20 million bbls over the past six weeks, diesel and oil reserves are higher than Jan 1, and rising. Without $70+ oil, Iran would face fiscal disaster because it imports refined products: According to Iran's numbers 50 per cent more per capita than the US. To avoid fiscal collapse, Iran needs crude oil prices to keep rising. Creating a panic over the prospects for oil supply is the way to keep them rising.

Date reviewed: Apr 19, 2006 11:15 PM

Nickname: keenis

Review: I would like to address several of the comments put on this site. Starting with China and India; the reason for all the "blame" is because they are importing the most oil out of any countries on Earth. The reason though is because of their production of plastics! The ever growing production of plastics is putting out the world on crude oil. However as a byproduct of plastic what do we get. GASOLINE. No blame goes to those two countries. And as for the massive profits gas companies are making; of course they are going to make money. Every marketer in the world could capitalize on a government who focuses on one product. It's a gold mine. So of course they are going to make money. The entire purpose of a business is to make a profit by providing your customers with an essential good or service.

Date reviewed: Apr 19, 2006 6:10 PM

Nickname: huckleberry

Review: If there is any blame for the rise in gas prices it's clearly the United State's fault. We stopped being able to produce enough oil for ourselves in the early seventies. From that point on greenbacks have been exiting our country's economy at an exponential rate. 27 billion barrels/yr, 20 billion more than our closest competitor. That's a ton of US money floating around in the world's economy, being spent elsewhere. Bring that money back. If we could build up our ethanol production infrastructure, we would be able to keep our money and move one step closer to energy independence once again.

Date reviewed: Apr 19, 2006 5:48 PM