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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:33 AM Original message |
There are only two ways to lower oil prices |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Forget lowering oil prices...how's about transitioning us so that |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
2. How about we ween this nation off OIL |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. Third way: regulate prices. During WWII, Roosevelt had a very effective price control program to |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Regulate prices where and how? |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. Limit what Exxon can make for a profit |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Its not just Exxon |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. How are you going to regulate the price of a world wide commodity? |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Nixon's first job was working for John Kenneth Galbraith at the price control board |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Gasoline is made from Oil |
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WillyToad (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. And their profits multiplying is just a coincidence? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Some people seem to ignore that part of the equation |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. The price we pay at the pump |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. In addition to post 24...this is still no different from WW2. Raw material prices went up and |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. It's all very well to say that FDR regulated prices, |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I'm not trying to predict the future. I'm just saying there are more ways than the 2 in the OP to |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You're actually correct |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
57. I wonder how inelastic demand for gas is. How much have you changed your driving habits |
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Hidey (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. How about driving speculators out of the market? |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I can't think of anything I would trust the government to run n/t |
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Hidey (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Can you vote the head of Exxon out of office? |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. You trust Exxon/Enron to run the government?? |
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raebrek (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. I don't think that Exon/Enron run the government now. |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. If they make money on food... |
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Hidey (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Do you really want a "food bubble" |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. What is it that makes you think the speculators are in the US only? |
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Hidey (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Competition |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. So there's not enough oil to go around... |
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Hidey (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:07 AM Original message |
Like I said.. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. I am with you and welcome to DU |
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Hidey (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. thanks.. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Vive la Norway |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
54. How about forcing speculators to actually take possession of certain selected commodities? |
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WillyToad (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Force oil execs to testify UNDER OATH in hearings into PRICE GOUGING |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. They do that all the time |
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WillyToad (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. The problem is they never put them UNDER OATH |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. And knowing that ... |
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Hidey (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Exactly.. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. Mandates For Alternatie Energy Sources |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. "supply", "demand" |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. In a perfect world you might be right |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
25. Record profits = Windfall profits tax |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
27. What steps should we take to decrease demand? |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I only see 2 options, one short term and one long term |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. How will people get around when gas is taxed heavily? |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. I didn't say it was a GOOD option |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I can give you one big one |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. A few thoughts |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. I agree with your first point |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
36. How about imprisoning market manipulators/refinery closers? |
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SlingBlade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
39. Yes, But we need to START someplace |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Conservation and investment? |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Good thinking! Keep pounding away. Maybe someone in |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
45. Create stability, secure the dollar |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Is it just coincidence that the dollar has lost half its value and oil has tripled in price |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
46. BS, This global economic disaster has been caused by speculation in the commodities |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
48. The alternate energy initiatives could be accelerated if the Feds |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
50. Nationalize |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. You forgot one: stop allowing industry to manipulate it. n/t |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
58. I think you're wrong. I believe out of control speculation |
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