Government can't do anything about gas prices? Then how did Bush lower it in 2008?

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That means this hike in oil prices is DELIBERATE, because Obama could end it tomorrow with a stroke of his pen.

Liberals can argue otherwise, but what are they going to say? It's not deliberate, Obama is just that stupid?

You built a house of cards
And got shocked when you saw them fall

If you go lookin’ for hot water Don't act shocked when you get burned a little bit If you really want some hot water I can help you find it, oh oh, ah yeah

Proof? If anything, the increase in oil prices will lower demand from both countries. At least according to basic economics.

Because I asked why obama didn't live up to his campaign promise?

No. Because you asked me why President Obama didn't change things in such a manner that is clearly just trying to take shots at the President instead of adding to the conversation.

Again, you seem to be making the assumption that I'm an Obamabot. You assume wrong. Instead of simply trying to say "Obama didn't live up to his promises! Harr *Insert joke about change*", why not just discuss the issue? You don't see me focusing on the lack of action on the part of the Bush Administration or the current Republican controlled House.

He lowered it by simply announcing we would open up more exploration here.

See what Libs do not want you to know about the Gas Market. Is it is a futures market. Simply setting a course to go after are own oil, would cause downward Speculation on the Price.

Oil Demand’s Triumphant Return
By Frank Holmes

The speculators are driving the price of this commodity and many others up. It's not just oil. There's wheat and many others. If you want accountability, Congress needs to go and put back regulation that allowed the loophole that allowed it to get to this point. They allowed this loophole either in the first Bush Administration or the second. I forget which one exactly but I remember it happening then.

Annie, you're a smart woman. You can understand basic economics I'm sure. If it is not a supply and demand issue, then increasing supply is not going to do anything.

you're right, i am taking shots at the president and the entire democratic congress. Because they campaigned specifically on making this change. They knew it was a root cause, they knew it was an issue. They pointed it out to the american public and promised to change it and then did nothing about it. My point is totally relevant

oh and btw, the bush administration is not in power anymore. theyh are over and done, right now it's about the obama administration. he is the one who has the power to change now

Where is the evidence that the threat of more US production and opening reserves made prices plummet? Just wondering.

Read the CBS link I put up earlier. Read the whole article. It will give you a good understanding as to how the manipulation of the commodities market has an effect on oil prices, etc. Again, this is not a supply and demand issue. Supply was actually cut back in February if I remember correctly due to sluggish demand.

...Asian demand for energy continues to rise as nations in the far east region — oddly lacking in “stimulus” spending — continue to boom. Supply, meanwhile, has fallen off, not only as a consequence of the turmoil in Libya and other oil-producing countries, but also thanks to the Obama-ordered moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico — and the recently ordered moratorium on future drilling anywhere else off the American coastline.

Obama and his minions have been chasing the green jobs chimera for so long that it’s an instinct. They pompously suggest that Americans ought to trade in their current vehicles for pricey, government-approved matchbox cars, asserting still that there’s “no quick fix” for high energy prices. History, and very recent history at that, indicates that they are mistaken.

Take a look at this chart compiled by metalprices.com. It’s the price of a barrel of crude oil over the past 5 years.

See that big peak in the middle? That was the last oil spike, in the summer of 2008. Notice how the price hit a high point, then fell off a cliff afterward?

The day corresponding to that peak, an all-time high of $145.16/barrel, was July 14, 2008. By some strange coincidence, that was the very same day then-President George W. Bush lifted, by executive order, a federal ban on offshore oil drilling....Asian demand for energy continues to rise as nations in the far east region — oddly lacking in “stimulus” spending — continue to boom. Supply, meanwhile, has fallen off, not only as a consequence of the turmoil in Libya and other oil-producing countries, but also thanks to the Obama-ordered moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico — and the recently ordered moratorium on future drilling anywhere else off the American coastline.

Obama and his minions have been chasing the green jobs chimera for so long that it’s an instinct. They pompously suggest that Americans ought to trade in their current vehicles for pricey, government-approved matchbox cars, asserting still that there’s “no quick fix” for high energy prices. History, and very recent history at that, indicates that they are mistaken.

Take a look at this chart compiled by metalprices.com. It’s the price of a barrel of crude oil over the past 5 years.

See that big peak in the middle? That was the last oil spike, in the summer of 2008. Notice how the price hit a high point, then fell off a cliff afterward?

The day corresponding to that peak, an all-time high of $145.16/barrel, was July 14, 2008. By some strange coincidence, that was the very same day then-President George W. Bush lifted, by executive order, a federal ban on offshore oil drilling...

BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL
Politics from the Nation's Capital
Cole: "The president doesn't know squat about energy production"

By: Mark Tapscott 04/27/11 12:38 PM
Editorial Page Editor Follow Him @mtapscott

Oklahoma is one of the nation's top energy states, so it's no surprise that its senators and representatives are opposed to President Obama's energy and environmental policies. What is surprising, however, is the intensity of their reactions to Obama's proposal to do away with $4 billion worth of energy industry tax breaks.

The proposal was contained in a letter from the president to Congress, but Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Sooner state's senior senator, noted that the Democratic Senate has voted 61-35 against the idea just a few months ago. "He now wants Congress to do exactly the opposite," Inhofe told the Daily Oklahoman. "His letter is merely a distraction from what every American knows can help restrain rising prices: increase supply, that is, increase American energy production."

Similarly, Rep. Tom Cole, minced no words, saying Obama "doesn't know squat about energy production." As a result, Cole added in an interview with the Oklahoman, "we get great politics out of the White House. We just don't get great policy" because the president doesn't understand the differences in operations and priorities between an Exxon Mobil and a small independent producer.

Similarly, Rep. Dan Boren, Cole's Democratic colleague on the Oklahoma delegation, told the Tulsa World that the president should either lead in the right direction on energy issues or get out of the way so somebody else can do it: "Americans are tired of empty rhetoric on both sides and want a real plan. If the president doesn't want to stand up and be a leader, then his silence would be appreciated from people who are trying to find solutions.''...

Except China and India are cutting back on demand due to increasing prices. Furthermore, demand went down in China further after the recent events in Japan. This article is also before all the events in the Middle East, and elsewhere. Do you have any sources that cite the current increase in oil prices on a rise in demand?

Except China and India are cutting back on demand due to increasing prices. Furthermore, demand went down in China further after the recent events in Japan. This article is also before all the events in the Middle East, and elsewhere. Do you have any sources that cite the current increase in oil prices on a rise in demand?

* APRIL 28, 2011

Drivers Cut Back on $4 Gas
Economy Won't Get a Lift as Overseas Demand Is Expected to Keep Prices High


By RUSSELL GOLD

After weeks of paying steadily more for a tank of gasoline, American drivers are beginning to ease up on the gas pedal, but in today's global economy, that might not be enough to lower crude-oil prices and give a lift to U.S. growth.

Elaine Thompson/Associated Press

The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday reported a 1.6% decline in a closely watched gauge of gasoline consumption, compared with a year ago. In the past, when U.S. drivers cut back, that has dented global demand for oil and depressed prices. After a lag, the lower prices would help the economy regain its footing—or at least remove a substantial headwind...

...In the past few weeks, oil prices have risen sharply amid concerns about turmoil in oil-producing nations in the Middle East and North Africa. Analysts at Goldman Sachs believe this is adding about $10 a barrel to oil prices.

But this short-term bump is partially obscuring a longer-term development in oil markets, the surging demand from China and other emerging economies amid constraint in global supplies.

Economists believe that oil prices would still be above $100 even if peace broke out in North Africa and the Middle East. A key factor: China guzzled 874,000 more barrels of oil in March than it did a year earlier, a 10.6% increase despite high oil prices, notes Barclays Capital.

Since 2000, U.S. oil consumption has edged down 4% to 19.2 million barrels a day. In the same period, the combined demand from Brazil, India, China and Saudi Arabia has risen 76% to 18.8 million barrels, nearly matching the U.S. By itself, China has more than doubled oil consumption to 9.4 million barrels, according to data from the International Energy Agency....

This is my point. You're not interested in having a serious discussion about this, rather just playing partisan politics. Neither party is interested in changing the status quo. The faster you realize that, the better off you'll be.

UScitizen, here is link. Go read.

Sarah Palin Would Open Anwar To Drilling

Your information is flawed:

Drivers Cut Back as Gas Prices Climb - WSJ.com