Don't count on Opec

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Don't count on Opec
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Sun, 06-22-2008 - 4:21pm
Don't count on Opec

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Registered: 09-23-2004
Sun, 06-22-2008 - 10:30pm

A few things....

I've read there's plenty of oil, but "someone(thing)" is putting a limit on the use. Then I hear there's a shortage. Which is it?! Does anyone really know? Or does it really depend on who you're listening to?

DH thinks that if congress(?) decides it's ok to drill offshore/ANWR/etc...that the SECOND they say ok, gas prices will drop... Thoughts? It makes sense to me, but I know there's other opinions out there I'd like to hear.

Also, I keep hearing this thing about it's gonna take YEARS if we ever do start drilling here to reap the benefits, right? Well, didn't this come up about 10 years ago? Wouldn't we be better off NOW if it had been allowed THEN?!

When gas prices started going up, it was about the time Katrina hit and wiped out some tankers(or something?) off the gulf down there, right? Slowly but surely it has more than doubled since then, and blame is being put on the war in Iraq, Bush, and so on and so forth.

GAH! It's so confusing. I don't see this puzzle being solved soon, if ever. :(

Oh, and have I read or heard that maybe OPEC is at the center of the gas prices? By playing w/ the supply/demand? Wouldn't surprise me I guess.....but who knows really.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 06-23-2008 - 7:13am
What it is right now is supply and demand.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-10-2005
Mon, 06-23-2008 - 7:50am
This is why we should have been thinking ahead 20 plus years ago. But we've had OIL MEN presidents. what do you expect? Maybe Automobile companies need to get busy making more and more hybrids.
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Registered: 11-20-2001
Mon, 06-23-2008 - 1:42pm

Absolutely!!

 

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Registered: 09-08-2006
Mon, 06-23-2008 - 2:24pm

I am not sure how drilling in new areas will bring the price of gas down.

 

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-23-2008 - 4:02pm

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I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 06-23-2008 - 4:30pm
So Clinton was an "oil man president"???


iVillage Member
Registered: 08-10-2005
Mon, 06-23-2008 - 5:31pm
No, but he was outnumbered by Republicans.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 06-24-2008 - 4:07pm
So no matter where they live.....all Republicans are oil men?!?1?


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 06-24-2008 - 4:18pm

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No, but they all vote as if they were.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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