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Why do Reid and Obama want to wait until after the election to bring oil prices down with off-shore drilling?

Ophelia asked: Why not get lower oil prices as fast as possible?
They’re not even going to allow a Senate vote before the election—–holding everything up, and raising the expectation that it won’t happen, causing commodity pricing of oil to drive it even higher…..
Why not do something right now?Arron

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With oil reserves in Alaska, Canada, Mexico and mainland US - why do we import oil for energy?

diblyhoo asked: Since alternative energy sources are growing and will eventually replace oil as the source of energy in the US - why are we politically damaging the world by importing oil now - why not work with western hemisphere countries who are democratic and have enough reserves to last long into the future by [...]

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Can speculators really raise the price of oil in the LONG term?

crookmatt asked: It seems to me based on my basic economics 101 experience, that if the price of oil is pushed higher than where it would normally be supported by worldwide supply and demand, then the artificially high price would cause demand to decline, supply to rise causing a surplus. Speculators would then need [...]

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Would peace in the Middle East be more of a commodity than oil if it was free and liberated throughout?

asked: If the Middle East was free and liberated with stable Muslim governments Would peace be the “new” commodity throughout the world for the benefit of the GLOBAL economy?
Please save the hateful rhetoric It’s just a question.Katina

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“Oil is much too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.” Agree or disagree?

His Divine Shadow asked: You get bonus points if you can tell me who said this, and more importantly, WHY the author of this quote said it.
I will post my own opinion to this question shortly.Les

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Harvard Endownment has Lost 30% of it’s money via Oil, Commodities & Stocks. Is that why Obama is Hiring So?

Joe asked: … many Ivy Leaguers for his cabinet?
It only took them 4 months to do that.
http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/faust/081110_economy.html
Harvard = World’s Largest Oil SPECULATOR = owns 8 days worth of US imports of oilEdna

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Why do people think the President went to war for Oil?

danzahn asked: Oil is a commodity. It is bought and sold everday. Going to war for oil is absurd, its like saying we went to war for sugar.Jodie

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What should we call this enterprising time in oil history when the Arabs compete more for the YEN?

Dante it is… asked: …then what it is worth…and how do we as a nation make oil such a useless commodity that all Arabs beg for the world to convert it back to for usage?
…I meant yuan…Elva

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How many of you realize we’re running out of oil and nuclear energy is the only real alternative?

Enigma asked: at this point and time because the last 4 or 5 administrations have pi$$ed our time away scraping with middle-eastern governments over oil? Time we needed to be making preparations for going green. Now we will be forced to decide whether to use the last of the oil reserves to power up with [...]

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gasoline is not on the list of American commodities, why ? the “oil president” want to crush and not help

omnimog asked: that’s a fine “how do you do…” - shouldn’t W with all the oil connections be doing a better job at ACHIEVING …something? in oil at least????Jacques

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