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Gasoline Prices

Jim Rahenkamp

Published: January 21, 2008

The cause-and-effect cliche is well known. As for exorbitant gasoline and related prices, we should reverse to effect, cause, who?
Effect: Incredibly costly gasoline and thousands of other things directly and indirectly related to the cost of petroleum products, and hostage to foreign oil, which is the primary supporter of global terrorism.
Cause: Legislation which forbids drilling for oil in Alaska, off shore, and many other areas of our country; establishing impossible hurdles to building oil refineries, (none in about the last 30 years,) nearly impossible hurdles to building nuclear and coal fueled power plants. Blasted powdered coal emits little pollution. Trees and other vegetation need carbons to survive and emit oxygen, which all animals need.
Who? This is easy. Just check the voting records of senators and representatives and the parties which they represent. Note: Any person who voted for these senators and representatives should say nothing about high petroleum prices and global terrorism.
Jim Rahenkamp
Avon Park