I heard this today (paraphrased):
"Gas prices in this country are a result of dat ol' bugaboo supply and demand. Because U.S. oil companies can't drill for plentiful oil (there is more oil in Colorado then any other country in the world but we're not allowed to get it by law), or refine enough (because we don't have enough refineries which we won't build now even if allowed because it takes 20 years minimum for a refinery to begin to pay for itself and thus we are buying GASOLINE as well as oil from other countries because that is cheaper than building refineries).
Thank you, Democrat Party whose majorities in Congress forbade both exploration/drilling of our enormous oil reserves and building of refineries for decades. World oil prices are what they are because most countries who have none of their own bid the prices up, and this country isn't going to get lower prices now."
"Gas prices in this country are a result of dat ol' bugaboo supply and demand. Because U.S. oil companies can't drill for plentiful oil (there is more oil in Colorado then any other country in the world but we're not allowed to get it by law), or refine enough (because we don't have enough refineries which we won't build now even if allowed because it takes 20 years minimum for a refinery to begin to pay for itself and thus we are buying GASOLINE as well as oil from other countries because that is cheaper than building refineries).
Thank you, Democrat Party whose majorities in Congress forbade both exploration/drilling of our enormous oil reserves and building of refineries for decades. World oil prices are what they are because most countries who have none of their own bid the prices up, and this country isn't going to get lower prices now."
