Friday, April 22, 2011

Obama Misleads on Oil

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Everyone knows that gas prices are soaring in the United States and around the world.  It affects pretty much everything in America, due to the large amount of oil we consume on a daily basis.  These rising prices have led politicians to consider an alternative to what we are currently doing:  increase the amount of oil we produce on our own soil.

Personally, I'm all for this.  I want to be in a position where we buy nothing from the middle east, so we can let that entire area of the world rot away into the Stone Age like they seem so bent on doing.  But some may not be as approving of this idea as others. 

Cited from the Washington Post:  "The president said this month that "Even if we doubled the amount of oil we produced, we'd still be short by a factor of five." That’s simply incorrect. Doubling our production would trim imports nearly in half. Boosting production by a factor of five is not currently feasible, but if it were, it would make the United States the world’s largest producer."

What do you think?

12 comments:

  1. Why the hell wouldnt be increase what we produce that is just stupid if we didnt.

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  2. How about we utilize technologies available to us since the 1920s and cut our need for oil by 75-80%? This whole scam makes me ill.

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  3. I'm so glad i don't live in the USA, but the fuel is getting more expensive as time passes by :/ I hope one day i'll get a hybrid car that doesn't use fuel so I can help the environment and save some money.

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  4. I agree that we need to start using OUR own oil to ease prices.

    The only way to fix this in the long-term is wean off of oil though.... Just saying...

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  5. The thing is we would have to harm alaska which I am totally against. But there must be alternatives.

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  6. Why dose America have so many Oil issues..

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  7. Well, here in Portugal things aren't good either, so well, lets all hope for a better world!

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  8. I'm voting for Trump next year!!!!!!

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  9. Sigh, why not find another fuel alternative? Electricity? I hope everything gets better.

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  10. Over here, Oil is supplied by the government, and therefore all gas stations sell at the same price.

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  11. I wish we could become independent from middle east; Obama has to keep Saudi kings happy though...

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  12. I think it would be wiser to look for an alternative fuel source.

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