If we had done so in 2001 we would likely not be paying this much for gas today.
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This country needs to start becoming more self sufficient when it comes to oil supplies.  We have vast oil reserves both in Anwar and other places in the USA.  Sooner or later we must lose our dependency on fossil fuels completely but until then we at least need to end our dependency our foreign oil.  We stopped drilling during the 70s because of concerns with the environment.  Our technology has advanced enough now that I am sure we could drill and refine oil with out destroying our country.
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Because they dont have  a huge income.  A few hundered dollars a year, is the medium income of the Iraqi family. So, the price of gas is going to be cheap. Also, this is a nation of few cars too.  I would guess that as many cars there are in Iraq, would only be enough to match the size of West Virginia or Alaska.  Only those who are well off can afford them, as most of them live in poverty.\n\nAlso, we "subsidize" the gas coming from Kuwait to Iraq, by buying it expensive and selling it cheap!  I dont know why, but we do, thats what the stink was with Haliburton getting the conract under Vice President Dick Cheney.\n\nI do not fret about the war, it will play itself out in the due course, and our boys and girls will be back home when the time is right.  I leave everything up to GOD, as HE can deal with it, it is beyond my scope in dealing with it.\n\nI wish you well...\n\nJesse
183118
I didn't know that, but on the Today show this morning they said a gallon of gas in Iraq is 35 cents and 12 cents in Venezuela!  We're getting ripped!
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To take Saddam's oil.  I'm guessing the U.S. tried to make a deal with him in the 80's but it didn't go well, so the U.S. decided to make him 'an offer he wouldn't refuse'.  But he did, and look what happened.  How would you feel if the price of gas shot up to $3/L or $10/gallon?  << THAT'S WHY.  In order for our way of life to continue someone's else way of life has to be altered.
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It will not happen on a wide scale because Americans are too selfish and will not do anything that will cause extra effort to be made as well as giving up the convience of just filling up at the pump.
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I think this link might help\n\nhttp://www.savhs68.com/remember_1968.htm\nI just googled some sites in the price of gas(since I don't think it is mentioned on the above site) what I got was it was 25 cents a gallon
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That is a good point. I think most people would be greedy. I think personally I would take into account how much of that product people would need and wither people would be able to afford it. With gas it is used so much and by so many that they can afford to make it cheap and still get rich.
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This couldn't have been done 100 yrs. ago, let alone today.  No one in the states today wears clothes made in the USA.  We are so tangled with the Global Economy, we couldn't function if we withdrew.  There  would be no cars, computers, TV, trade of any kind, etc.  if we did that.  We have to be involved.  The question is about who is making the deals we get in, and who do they serve?  Today, we have been sold down the river by the powerful and they don't care what happens to you or your country.  We  should be telling them to go screw themselves.
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The government makes far more considering the fact that they're not the ones that have to do the drilling, refining, transporting, pumping, filtering, etc.\n\nThey simply sit back with their hand out.
115212
when we figure out that the pursuit of money isn't the worlds biggest priority.
73148
He is absoulutly right, gasoline in Mexico City right now is $.78. I looked it up on the net. You people that can't do metric conversions and monetary conversions, are the stupid people. Of course America is getting screwed for the cost of fuel. America pays the most to offset the rest of the World economics. The burden is on us, and always has been.
564339
We would be in a war for gold instead of oil, not much difference.
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Reg; $0.12 to $0.29 from 1921 to 1934\nReg: $0.32 to $0.39 from 1935 to 1940\nReg: $0.41 to $0.52 from 1941 to 1945\nReg: $0.62 to $0.73 From 1946 to 1960\n\nthose are written facts from the dates of years given !\n2005 to 2006 up to date $2.58 to $3.25 by May 15th 2006\nby then end of the year Reg: gas will climb to $3.69 to $3.99 per Gallon and the your wages will stay the same because If you are making less than $10.00 per hour on your job you'll feel the pinch even worse, because you're working less than Mc Donald wages there by then, welcome to poverty !  Thanks President Bush !
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Some of the prices are artificially inflated. \n\nHowever, gas prices in the US are still lower than in most countries. Go to Germany or England and pay the equivilant we pay per gallon for a liter. \n\nI do think that many of the companies are taking advantage of teh recoupment of defense oil reserves and the war against terror in order to boost their profits.\n\nOn a final note, though, the war in Iraq was not about oil. If it were, we would be getting oil from Iraq. We are not, yet at least. Much of what excess Iraq is producing is going towards paying their reparations to many countries.
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Yes, there's an effect, but no it won't affect today's price.  It takes a while for the cheaper oil to make its easy through the refineries and actually get to the gas station, so there's a bit of lag time.\n\nThere's a decent article here about prices: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5365439
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I think we will eventually.  For a few reasons:\n1) There finally seems to be enough momentum and interest on the part of consumers for vehicles that consume less gas.  Its no longer a "fringe thing" or a hobby or a "tree hugger" thing.  Every day people are fed up with high gas prices and our dependence on less friendly nations.  The more demand there is from consumers, the more incentive manufacturers will have to make such vehicles.\n2) Gas prices are not coming down significantly anytime soon.  There was a bit on 60 Minutes a few weeks ago where Texas Billionaire investor T. Boone Pickens was discussing investments he was making in Canadian Oil Sands.  He said "We'll never see $1.50 gas again."  I agree.  With the surging demand from countries that are just starting out in their economic growth cycles (India and China), the demand for all petroleum based products is only going to get worse.  This will further push up world oil prices and further infuriate already frustrated consumers of gas.\n3) On the innovation front, Venture Capital firms and others with money to invest are looking for the "next big thing".  The Internet was the fad of the 90's.  Now, looking for a new wave to catch, I'd say a significant amount of money is going into startups looking at ways to reduce our dependence on petroleum.  This could include investments in Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Technologies, Solar Technologies, BioDiesel, etc.  Innovations that come out of these investment efforts should, hopefully, yield some technologies that help the US (and world) consumers break their addiction to oil.
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Yes, I read the same article.  Basically, it lets you buy gas that cheap because those people paid for the gas a few years ago.  The ones near 1 were probably before 2000?   And there are going to be a few near 2 dollars from a few years back.\n\nThere's always the risk that you have to wait for the prices to come back up if you locked in your gas at a relatively high price.  You're also spending money now instead of later, so the person gets your money and earns interest on it.