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pawoSD · #13 09-14-2008, 01:38 AM

To the ignorant who say: "Drill in the USA to lower our oil prices!"

Do you think the oil companies are in it to help us out? NO, they are not. They are in it to get as much $$ out of the population as they can. Duh. If they drill oil here in the USA, it is more profitable for them to re-sell that oil in China/India etc....than it is to sell/refine here. So they sell our oil off to them, then buy oil from the Middle East at a good price, and make more money on that too. They move oil all over the place to achieve maximum profit.

There is no "drill here to lower prices" We have plenty of crude oil, and most of it is foreign. The problem is ridiculous waste and demand in this country, too low of prices (since high prices are all that can be used to get people to conserve/not waste), lack of refining capacity, evil greedy oil companies, and automakers who are paid to not produce efficient cars, by said evil oil companies. The problem is corruption and waste, not a lack of available crude oil.

Get the facts before making ill-informed statements.