Obama's Energy Sec. Chu: Not Working to Lower Gas Prices

[munna21977]

for all conservatives, Big Government is the problem. So in order to bring the freedom back, obama should not interfere in bringing oil prices down. No government interference. Let the Free Market decide the prices.

[bchris02]

Originally Posted by Ford Beebe

Are you aware the president has only one option to help temporarily reduce gas prices, which are set by the global marketplace?

Repeal the Commodities Modernization Act of 2000 and we will quickly have $2 gas, but that will never happen. Oil speculators have made millions upon millions over the last decade and the far left doesn't want to see lower prices because it would discourage their "green" agenda.

[marcopolo]

Originally Posted by meson

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Americans have been spoiled by cheap oil/gas for way too long.

Oh, yeah, and cheap computers and cheap software and cheap food and cheap clothing and cheap entertainment and all the other miracles of a competitive market economy. The price of computing power has been dropping 50% every 18 months for decades. Somebody really needs to do something about all these low prices.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by TigerLily24

Good for him. Why waste time on something he has no control over anyway?

Because the righties claim to believe in free markets except when they get a chance to whine about him NOT trying to affect a market?

[Visvaldis]

Originally Posted by sanrene

Of course not. He's likely driven around in a gas guzzling SUV.

Solar, wind, electric cars........have been touted for decades as the "answer".

They aren't, they can't meet our needs and American's don't really want to change their lifestyles, which is really want the Left/obama want.

Americans are stubborn, stupid and gullible, and very inflexible to adapt to changes.
But you can openly defy Obama by buying the biggest SUV with the highest rate of gas consumption you find.

[Badland wonder]

Originally Posted by Visvaldis

Americans are stubborn, stupid and gullible, and very inflexible to adapt to changes.
But you can openly defy Obama by buying the biggest SUV with the highest rate of gas consumption you find.

President Obama already did that himself with his giant black campaign bus.

[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by Badland wonder

President Obama already did that himself with his giant black campaign bus.

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[lifelongMOgal]

Originally Posted by burdell

Because the righties claim to believe in free markets except when they get a chance to whine about him NOT trying to affect a market?

There is nothing "free market" about the oil industry, government regulation and permit systems.

[sanrene]

Originally Posted by burdell

Because the righties claim to believe in free markets except when they get a chance to whine about him NOT trying to affect a market?

NOT trying to effect the market?

Yeah, that's why the devastation from his Gulf moratorium is ongoing.

Why he slow walks permitting and leasing.

Why he has made offshore/ANWR and pretty much everywhere else off limits.

He is crippling the free market with his anti-oil policies.

[dgthree]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

There is nothing "free market" about the oil industry, government regulation and permit systems.

Sadly many people do not realize this. Most progressives either make ad hominem attacks or just throw baseless claims out when it is a topic they are wrong on.