Do you believe that what the oil companies are doing should be banned by law?
353674
It is actually the opposite. Despite all the profits (BILLIONS), the congress has given them a tax break!! Can you imagine?\n\nTheir CEOs get paid $1600 AN HOUR and we subsidize THEM!\n\n\nThen they turn around and 'finance' politicians campaigns!!! Why are we subsidizing oil companies when we cant even give people healthcare.\n\nWe need to have a law that taxes companies not people to give to companies
1154256
No I don't think prostitution should be "banned" at all.  It has been around for a long long time and will be around for a long long time.  Criminalizing it is just plain senseless if both are consenting adults... leave them alone for goodness sake!
450933
It is called greed...plain and simple.  The profits the oil companies had last year were outrageous.  I think the entire industry needs to be investigated.
1172860
No.\n\nWe want their freakin' oil.
464971
I work in the oil gas and petrochemical industry.\nI can tell you that if enough people around the world would boycott Exxon Mobile for more than just one day. Would take weeks if not even Months that oil and gas prices would go down. If in there city there is no Exxon Mobile stations then Texaco Shell should be boycotted. If there is not either of these companies then hit the largest US oil company Valero. But it will take millions of people to boycott and show that the public means business. There is no lack of oil for production they are simple holding back to inflate the cost. Which will once again show record high earnings for all of these companies.
871284
Tort is a stricter law but might offend the offenders.  Maybe, the regulatory law could be a better choice but must be implemented properly.
106757
Well enviromentalist pretty much keep anyone from doing that in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR) .. I've heard there is probably as much oil in ANWAR as there is in the Middle East .. so go figure.
301774
The environmentalists and congressare to blame. The environmentalists won't let us drill offshore, every time the oil companies try they take them to court, they fight every effort to drill in ANWAR. The stupid republicans don't have the guts to stand up for it. Then we can't build new refineries because some treehugger is worried about a tree slug or some other worthless animal. When oil prices were low it was to expensive for oil companies to invest in new equipment, now that oil prices are up they are starting to re-invest, but it will take time.\n\nOh one other thing is all these stupid blends in this country that is mandated by the government that really don't do anything. Then forcing the oil companies to waste time on ethanol doesn't help either.\n\nWhile some local stations collude on what they are going to charge. (I have been in a gas station when another station has called to ask what they are charging that day).\n\nA one day revolt isn't going to solve anything, other than make people feel better
427068
besides it being AGAINST THE LAW i guess well no \nid do that
399840
They should be banned because they take money from poor desperate people. These preachers get filthy rich from TV donations.
368531
No. I think it affects the whole world. Oil is a global necessity.
458065
I don't mind profits.  However, it illustrates how anti-trust law in the US failed.  Exxon was originally part of Rockfeller's Standard Oil over a century ago.  It was broken up due to the excessive influence that the company had as a monopoly. Over time, it has reformed back into the beast it was and, once again, is excessively influencing the markets.\n\nNotably, it should be criminal that Exxon's profits and still refuses to pay the jury's $5 billion award to fisherman from the Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill from 1989.  The abuse of the courts illustrates a complete disregard for the legal process as well as excessive corporate influence in the court system.
1158575
of course we should drill there, i cant believe so many people are brainwashed into thinking that it is a good thing to leave it alone and that if we drill there, the whole place will be ruined.  \n\nwe need to get off our addiction to oil, but as long as we dont accomplish that, we should drill everywhere, including off all of our coasts and in our national parks.\n\nand we need to put up a lot more windmills.
764132
Yes of course it is. Since oil was discovered in the middle east we have been trying to get our hands on it. There is a reason these people hate us and it isnt for our freedoms or our religious beliefs, or their religous beliefs.  Especially not that oil is running out.
996643
No, if booze and cigerettes just came out today, they would be just as illegal as pot. They are all bad for you. Also, the government makes too much money by keeping it illegal. If they said it was ok, they couldn't keep all the money, cars, etc., that they took away from all the people that they catch.
388397
Most would be content to get rid of cars until it comes to their own. Not realizing that horses polluted the ozone far more than cars we have today. No sense in complaining because in some cases an environmental check is good for us as long as it does not brake the bank and this won't. It may be possible that because of them(greenies) there will be alternative modes of extraction. Now there is only a few modes of extraction wherein only 20% efficiency is obtained. The realm of perpendicular drilling has not been explored yet. Mark my words you will see those things explored very shortly.
1072226
Yes - the oil companies are gouging - look at the record profits\n\nThe best way to deal with it is by switching to other fuels and reducing our use\n\nPrice is all supply and demand - If the demand is reduced the price will drop\n\nI changed my habits to drop half my mileage driven in a week and am still getting everything done - just fewer trips\n\nall of us together would make a major difference