Quote Originally Posted by cu260r6
lets move on and address something new, like your "solutions."

Republicans in both chambers of Congress have stopped anti-speculation bills so far, and the President has threatened to veto them

Instead they want increased drilling which Bush's own Depart of Energy says will do absolutely nothing

At best, greatly expanding domestic drilling might eventually lower the proportion of oil the U.S. imports — currently about 60% of its total supply — but petroleum is a global commodity, and the world market would soak up any additional American production."
I snipped out some stuff - again for size, not for my arguments.

I don't argue that the current gov't is completely gridlocked and inept. That's on both sides of the aisle, though.

The last statement is worth commenting on though - switching to more domestic production may not impact world prices, but it would impact the value of the dollar - and that would have an impact on the price we pay for oil. So there is some merit to the idea.

And I must've missed it - where did you say what your plan is?