Originally Posted by Robbie

That's why I think that the U.S. govt. should make a deal with the oil companies. Right now they aren't allowed to drill our oil in so many places that are now verified to have HUGE reserves.

But if the U.S. govt. would relax some regs and allow more refineries to be built in the U.S. and then required that every drop of oil and natural gas that is gotten on U.S. soil can only be sold in the U.S., well...then the U.S. will have a giant surplus of oil and gas and the global market won't matter one little bit to the price of oil in the U.S.

The global market and speculation is what makes it so high now...not the actual cost of getting it and refining it.

But our govt. COULD make it much, much, much cheaper for us. And also create millions of high paying jobs at the same time. And that's no "myth".
The "myth" is that somehow keeping gas prices high, raising taxes, and doubling the amount of people on food stamps over the last four years is going to help people who need JOBS.