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Html Version	:	<html> <head><title>High Gas Prices - We Broke It Can We Can Fix It</title></head> <body> <p>High Gas Prices - We Broke It Can We Can Fix It <br>By <a target="_blank" href="http://www.affsphere.com/author_details.phpaid=1172">Stingram</a></p> <p> <p><strong>We all complain about the price of gas.</strong></p> <p>Gas Prices are at record highs. What can the average person do about it? What noise can we make to get our country free again from the stranglehold of high oil prices?</p> <p><strong>We Got Ourselves Into This - We Can Get Ourselves Out Of It...</strong></p> <p>Most of the media articles on gas prices follow a pattern. The pattern is to blame Americans for living in the suburbs and driving SUV's. The liberals say we use too much oil and so we must deserve our fate. They say we should all live in mud huts and not drive anywhere. I'm not ready to just drink the coolaid on this and blame America first. The United States is the economic engine that all the other nations would like to be like. We didn't get that way by living in straw huts and riding bicycles to work.</p> <p><strong>So how did we get ourselves into this ridiculous mess?</strong></p> <p>The policies of the United States federal government and many state governments are mostly to blame. The US depends on oil, oil fuels our economy and our economy is the envy of the whole world. If you don't believe it, show me just ONE other country that people try to sneak into.</p> <p>The federal government and many state governments have hampered the exploration and drilling of oil in the United States. We have a lot of petroleum in the US. If our companies were simply allowed to extract and refine it, we wouldn't be in this mess.</p> <p>Many states like Florida, limit oil exploration and drilling offshore. There are proven reserves in the Gulf Of Mexico that we can't get because Florida won't let us. That doesn't stop Cuba, India or China from drilling for oil in the Gulf. We allow countries half way around the world to drilling for oil in our backyard while we sit back and twiddle our thumbs and hope for lower oil prices. The WACKO environmental movement in this county has held sway long enough!</p> <p><strong>You Can't Put That In My Backyard</strong></p> <p>No one wants on oil refinery in their backyard. Oil refining is a messy business. Yet, we all want a gas station right down the street. No oil refineries mean no Gasoline, plain and simple. We above any other country have the technology to produce and refine our oil responsible - so why don't we?</p> <p><strong>The Politicians Are Supposed To Do What We Tell Them To</strong></p> <p>In reality Congress usually does what the group making the most noise or spending the most money on their pet projects tell them to do. The American people are fed up! Congress and the oil industry are only going to change if we the people force them to. The United State energy policy of get the oil from where ever it's cheapest has failed.</p> <p><strong>Thank Yourself For Higher Gas Prices</strong></p> <p>As long as we keep getting our oil and gas from other countries we are at the mercy of any and all oil producing nations. Who's really to blame? Look in the mirror. Thank yourself for higher gas prices. If you really want to do something, let your congress men and women know how you feel.</p> <p>Taking Exxon to task is not going to do anything to bring down gas prices. That's just political B.S. It's easy to get mad at the big bad oil companies. However, without them, how would you fill up your tank? Try to live without petroleum for a week and let me know it turns out. You might be fine during the summer but what about the winter?</p> <p><strong>We Need Oil</strong></p> <p>Ethanol, Wind and Solar are not ready yet, but they can be. There are ways we can replace petroleum use for vehicle fuel and no it <strong>WILL NOT</strong> take ten years. We need sane short term energy policies like those offer by none other than Texas oil man <a target="_blank" target="_blank" href="http://save-money-on-gas.richandfree.com/">T. Boone Pickens</a> for one. It's fine to research replacements for oil. I'd be glad one day to drive a car that burns WATER and doesn't pollute. I don't think anyone is in favor of pollution.</p> <p>However, wishing for magic power sources and lower energy prices has gotten us where we are at right now. We need to stop dreaming and wishing and start doing.</p> <p><strong>July of 2008 marks the FORTIETH thats 40year anniversary of the landing of a man on the moon.</strong></p> <p>It took the leadership of John Kennedy to put us there in a ten year time frame. This was one of the pivotal accomplishments of the last century, done by the United States in less than 10 years! I for one am sick and tired of the nay sayers telling us it will take another ten years or more to find something else to make our cars run??</p> <p><strong>Wars and Rumors of Wars</strong></p> <p>I don't want to continue to send our nations wealth to countries and peoples who want to KILL US. We continue to waste our Blood and Treasure and for what, to get cheap oil? The time has come to end the United States dependency on ANY outside entity for ANYTHING, the least of which is oil to burn in our cars. If we are going to spend $700 Billion dollars on energy lets stop sending the money to foreign countries who hate us. Lets invest that money in our own country to provide jobs for our people. Can you imagine what a 700 billion dollar investment in <strong>our</strong> economy, <strong>per year</strong>, to solve <strong>our own</strong> energy problem would do!</p> <p><strong>We can do it - We will do it...</strong></p> <p><u><strong>We are the greatest county in the world - The light of ages and favored of Almighty God, it's time we started acting like it</strong><em><strong>!</strong></em></u></p> <p><strong>Stingram</strong></p> <p><strong><a target="_blank" target="_blank" href="http://save-money-on-gas.richandfree.com/">http://save-money-on-gas.richandfree.com/</a></strong></p> <p><a target="_blank" target="_blank" href="http://save-money-on-gas.richandfree.com/Free-Gas.html">http://save-money-on-gas.richandfree.com/Free-Gas.html</a></p> </p> <p>Article Source: <a href="http://www.affsphere.com/Automobiles/Gasoline-Fuels/High-Gas-Prices-We-Broke-It-Can-We-Can-Fix-It.html" target="_blank">http://www.affsphere.com/Automobiles/Gasoline-Fuels/High-Gas-Prices-We-Broke-It-Can-We-Can-Fix-It.html</a></p> </body> </html>

Plain Text Version	:	High Gas Prices - We Broke It Can We Can Fix It By [http://www.affsphere.com/author_details.phpaid=1172]Stingram We all complain about the price of gas. Gas Prices are at record highs. What can the average person do about it? What noise can we make to get our country free again from the stranglehold of high oil prices? We Got Ourselves Into This - We Can Get Ourselves Out Of It... Most of the media articles on gas prices follow a pattern. The pattern is to blame Americans for living in the suburbs and driving SUV's. The liberals say we use too much oil and so we must deserve our fate. They say we should all live in mud huts and not drive anywhere. I'm not ready to just drink the coolaid on this and blame America first. The United States is the economic engine that all the other nations would like to be like. We didn't get that way by living in straw huts and riding bicycles to work. So how did we get ourselves into this ridiculous mess? The policies of the United States federal government and many state governments are mostly to blame. The US depends on oil, oil fuels our economy and our economy is the envy of the whole world. If you don't believe it, show me just ONE other country that people try to sneak into. The federal government and many state governments have hampered the exploration and drilling of oil in the United States. We have a lot of petroleum in the US. If our companies were simply allowed to extract and refine it, we wouldn't be in this mess. Many states like Florida, limit oil exploration and drilling offshore. There are proven reserves in the Gulf Of Mexico that we can't get because Florida won't let us. That doesn't stop Cuba, India or China from drilling for oil in the Gulf. We allow countries half way around the world to drilling for oil in our backyard while we sit back and twiddle our thumbs and hope for lower oil prices. The WACKO environmental movement in this county has held sway long enough! You Can't Put That In My Backyard No one wants on oil refinery in their backyard. Oil refining is a messy business. Yet, we all want a gas station right down the street. No oil refineries mean no Gasoline, plain and simple. We above any other country have the technology to produce and refine our oil responsible - so why don't we? The Politicians Are Supposed To Do What We Tell Them To In reality Congress usually does what the group making the most noise or spending the most money on their pet projects tell them to do. The American people are fed up! Congress and the oil industry are only going to change if we the people force them to. The United State energy policy of get the oil from where ever it's cheapest has failed. Thank Yourself For Higher Gas Prices As long as we keep getting our oil and gas from other countries we are at the mercy of any and all oil producing nations. Who's really to blame? Look in the mirror. Thank yourself for higher gas prices. If you really want to do something, let your congress men and women know how you feel. Taking Exxon to task is not going to do anything to bring down gas prices. That's just political B.S. It's easy to get mad at the big bad oil companies. However, without them, how would you fill up your tank? Try to live without petroleum for a week and let me know it turns out. You might be fine during the summer but what about the winter? We Need Oil Ethanol, Wind and Solar are not ready yet, but they can be. There are ways we can replace petroleum use for vehicle fuel and no it WILL NOT take ten years. We need sane short term energy policies like those offer by none other than Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens for one. It's fine to research replacements for oil. I'd be glad one day to drive a car that burns WATER and doesn't pollute. I don't think anyone is in favor of pollution. However, wishing for magic power sources and lower energy prices has gotten us where we are at right now. We need to stop dreaming and wishing and start doing. July of 2008 marks the FORTIETH thats 40year anniversary of the landing of a man on the moon. It took the leadership of John Kennedy to put us there in a ten year time frame. This was one of the pivotal accomplishments of the last century, done by the United States in less than 10 years! I for one am sick and tired of the nay sayers telling us it will take another ten years or more to find something else to make our cars run?? Wars and Rumors of Wars I don't want to continue to send our nations wealth to countries and peoples who want to KILL US. We continue to waste our Blood and Treasure and for what, to get cheap oil? The time has come to end the United States dependency on ANY outside entity for ANYTHING, the least of which is oil to burn in our cars. If we are going to spend $700 Billion dollars on energy lets stop sending the money to foreign countries who hate us. Lets invest that money in our own country to provide jobs for our people. Can you imagine what a 700 billion dollar investment in our economy, per year, to solve our own energy problem would do! We can do it - We will do it... We are the greatest county in the world - The light of ages and favored of Almighty God, it's time we started acting like it! Stingram http://save-money-on-gas.richandfree.com/ http://save-money-on-gas.richandfree.com/Free-Gas.html Article Source: [http://www.affsphere.com/Automobiles/Gasoline-Fuels/High-Gas-Prices-We-Broke-It-Can-We-Can-Fix-It.html]

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