Steve wrote:
Problem is that the entire Bush/Cheney fortunes were built on Oil, and
still is largely dependent on it.
To vote in a president who makes money on oil, is to invite policies
that cause oil to go up in price.
Bush's fortunes may have been made in oil [like many other people who
have made fortunes on oil in TX, AL, WY etc... ]
I've heard comments like this before-- recent events suggest otherwise.
yesterday's news [unfiltered -- strait from whitehouse.gov]
1] *Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman Announced That The Strategic
Petroleum Reserve Will Be Used To Help Fulfill Demand For Oil.*
Refineries that are short on supplies of crude oil will have access to
supplies from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help avert a disruption
in the supply of gasoline to drivers and businesses across the country.
2] *EPA Has Issued Fuel Waivers To Expedite Relief and Recovery.* EPA
has issued temporary waivers to make additional supplies of gasoline and
diesel fuel available in those areas of the country with shortages of
specific fuel blends required under the Clean Air Act.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050831-4.html
Neither one of these actions would keep the prices higher. Yeah-- the
price will probably still go up as there is a shortage in supply-- but
the actions listed should help minimize the shortage-- not add too it.
On top of this-- more wells have been opened up in WY and other parts of
the country last year [I remember reading an article in the Wall Street
Journal a few months ago and the number I remember was like 5000+ drill
sites had been approved last year in Wyoming alone]-- I suspect that
within the next year or so prices should be back down around 1.20/gal or
so. I could be wrong-- but I suspect that after approving more wells
and refineries-- the supply side will be a little easier to come by in
this country.
Justin Gedge
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