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Originally Posted by clickhappy
We have a ton of oil in Alaska, right? Why can't we just drill for it there and rely on ourselves instead of the people fucking us over?
Who cares if it fucks up parts of Alaska's environment, its way over there and we need lower prices to keep our economy going.
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First of all the price right now is based on speculation and it will keep going higher, I would guess 6+ per gallon in the US. Second, more oil doesn't equal more gas. I don't think there has been a refinery built in the US in about the last 30 years. Most are already running at capacity. The amount oil in Alaska isn't going to change gas/oil prices anyway.
Here's a better idea, maybe now that it is actually hurting people someone will actually do something about alternative energy or maybe something really amazing will happen like us getting a real energy policy.