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April 26, 2012 12:51 AM UTC
23 Comments
Mitt Romney actually TALKS to oil companies? Maybe he can actually get the price of gas down then unlike Obama and “$8 a gallon” Steve Chu. One thing’s for sure, hiking taxes on an industry won’t bring the price of their product down (Economics 101).
and have taken economics courses beyond the first week of the first semester. It’s amazing how arrogant stupid people can be: few people would claim to be able to perform surgery based on getting a C+ in Biology 101, but Republicans all want to set policy based on a hazy memory of an Economics course.
Gas prices are mostly determined by demand, which is why they can easily double in the summer and go back to normal in the winter, despite no additional taxes. That means modestly taxing oil companies will also not noticeably affect prices. It’s called elasticity and is a fundamental concept in the course you were too lazy to take.
Leadership starts at the top and to date we have had a series of failed policies that focus on driving up fossil fuel prices and handing our grants and loans to failed Soylydra and Abound Solar types.
The results to date have been massive price increases for electricity, gas and anything related to those (which is just about everything else). Where pricing power is lacking the results have been job losses.
Real leadership would start and end with an industrial policy focused on moving our nation to a sustainable future with low cost energy for the end consumer.
If leaders think we’ll attract manufacturing jobs with high cost energy, Obamacare, and failed labor policies … to name a few … they’re completely missing the boat.
Awesome, awesome points today Libertad. Dead on.
Apparently not. I’m beginning to believe that Libertad is just ArapaGOP’s eviler twin.
And remember guys, since I’m sure you were never taught this by anyone with a brain, in politics, perception is reality. So who cares what you guys think.
So every Republican is now just talking like a Democrat to try to confuse people? Just because you’re stupid doesn’t mean everyone is stupid.
to see you are now on the renewable/ sustainable bandwagon.
There is only one way to get to a “sustainable ” energy future. And it does not involve fossil fuels. They are finite and not sustainable.
Since prices are set by world demand (which is rapidly increasing in China and India), the only way to cut prices (other than another major recession, an option the GOP is never afraid to exercise), the only way “President” Romney could lower prices would be to impose price controls that would cut into Oil company profits.
Yeah, you’d bet the farm on that happening, right?
The cost of exploring new fields far outstrips the costs of mature oil fields currently supplying most demand. Gotta love the GOP candidates’ $2 and $2.50 a barrel snake oil story.
Gee, what if we cut demand (and the price of oil) by finding something other than oil to burn?
Hmmmm…. nah.
That’s a pipe dream. But Romney will prioritize energy development, when Obama has been actively hostile to energy development. And don’t undervalue the role of Republican hawkish foreign policy in maintaining global stability and keeping prices low.
I think voters should ask the more important question, which is will Romney give Americans greater energy security. The answer is yes.
Exactly. Thank God we invaded Iraq at the bargain price of a mere Trillion dollars to keep the price of gasoline low during the Bush years!
Oh, wait. They kept going up until he managed to tank the world economy, and the demand for oil with it.
Could you oversimplify history any more?
Inconvenient facts:
Employment in the O&G industry has increased dramatically since Obama has been president.
The US has recently become a net EXPORTER of petroleum products.
getting all “facty” again. 🙂
Your second “fact” has been debunked many times. The US is still a huge oil importer, its just that recently with respect to some speciality fuels that require specialized refineries (like jet fuel) we have become an exporter. I hate it when I have to say ArapGOP and his eviler twin are right, but they are here.
As I said above, in politics perception is reality. And, if the people believe it, nothing we can do about it. But,really, we can’t repeat falsehoods.
We are now a net exporter of gasoline as well. ParkHill is correct, if by “petroleum products” you mean refined product – we’re a net exporter in that category (jet fuel, gasoline, LNG, diesel, etc.)
to raise money, but don’t you think you could survive without running the “overturn Roe v. Wade” ads? That’s a little over the top, don’t you think?
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explanation. I don’t mean to grouse, but it is irritating to see these ads pop up. Not to mention the occasional photo of that blonde dude who looks like a lady…”Dan Coulter”, I think it is… 🙂
right-click on the ad…open in a new tab…close said tab without ever looking at it.
Righties pay Pols for your click, and you don’t have to singe your eyeballs with their BS. Win-win.
got it. I’ll make it a habit.
That’s why they call it pay-per-click. I do it many times with the anti-choice BS. It just somehow makes me feel better.
When you see Mitt Rmoney as the $200M man, you also think about his wealth and his disconnect with real people. I like the ad.