Should we go to war over gas prices?
Saudi Arabia is now refusing to increase production after the US President asked. We have tried deplomacy with Saudi Arabia and its like they think its a joke. Where I live it cost $3.69 and its going up fast, $70 every few days to fill my parents tank. I DO NOT think this should happen until Obama wins, Bush did a horrible job in Iraq. SO with all this in mind do you think we should go to war with Saudi Arabia for example of oil? I think we should, we shouldn't have to beg them to produce more oil so they can make more money. A VERY OPINIONATED 14 YEAR OLD
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no
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no
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Wakeup man - that shit was a set-up by our zionist government. Bush is a bumbiling fucking pupet. Take to the streets against our own gov is more like it.
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We should not go to war. We should move speedily toward a energy policy that will make them irrelevant
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War with Saudi Arabia? Not in this lifetime, or any other. The answer is to build a car that runs on seawater. There's enough of that to go around.
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You have some good thoughts, but it goes a lot deeper than that. First of all, whenever there is a crisis in this country, it's always that "others" have to bend to what WE want, but yet we sacrifice nothing. I've heard a lot of carping about the gas prices, but are we (as a majority) doing anything about it? Are we buying more economical cars? Are we driving with a lighter foot? Not from what I've seen so far we aren't. So my logical conclusion from that is...if you can't be bothered to drive more economically or if you can't be bothered to get rid of that big gas-guzzling SUV, then the gas prices aren't bothering you as much as you say. I'm all for alternate fuel sources though, and I'm especially excited about both electic run vehicles and hydrogen powered vehicles. As technology improves, so will our choices. But the choice we can make right now is to slow down and down-size, and until that happens, I have no pity for the citzens of our country.
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Nope--
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no blood for oil if we drill in Alaska we would be selling them oil Americans shouldn't have to die to drive to work if we all got together and stop buying oil for one week that will bring down oil prices
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You have a lot of questions in here. It really just comes to why can't we figure out a way to run our world without increased energy usage which WILL decrease energy costs. Entire parts of the world in the middle east, europe and asia have developed & USE within their own countries appliances, vehicles and products such as escalators, elevators, lights for corporate towers that use less than 1/3 of the equivelant average product in North America. Yes they sell their product (oil) to the USA & other countries however there are other areas in the world where oil is produced. Cheaper areas as well. So another question is why is the USA so focused on buying oil from a country who's political outlook is so very different than their own. Why do they continue to do business with a culture that they have publically disagreed with on a regular basis. Why do they continually defy the obvious that if they were to increase production on ideas that used less oil for energy--they could remove themselves from the economy that exists between the 2 (& more) countries. It comes down to finding out what each side is getting out of this current relationship. To do that, you'll have to continue your research. Start with researching the relationship the current Bush Administration has with the Bin Laden's & the Royalty of Saudi Arbia as its a long & involved one. Michael Moore's Farenheit 911 asks more questions than it answers but they are still GOOD questions. Ask & research why the president of the USA chose to conspire with top levels of Britan's government in 2002-2003 to create false documents that allowed them to invade Iraq. Ask & Find out why the USA, who in the 40's helped institute the UN (which btw is based in NY city) but then in 2002-2003 ignored their warnings about invading Iraq. Why did the USA "jump" from invading Afghanistan to "Suddenly" ivading Iraq. Go & get GOOD information, go & find educated people who are higher up in the government such as your state represenative & ask him/ her these questions. Research the HUGE amount of media that has since been published on all of this & THEN Give your opinion! Its such a MASSIVE & COMPLEX question to ask & its so very difficult to answer it.
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No, we should stop buying oil from Saudi Arabia and rev up domestic production. That would hurt them far more than any war could. Get used to high gas prices and tell your parents to stop driving so much. I only fill my tank up once a month (or less) because unlike all the other hypocrites, I actually live what I preach about conservation.
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Why does it so often seem that the people with the strongest opinions have so little command of the facts. I will forgive your ignorance and try to remember that you are only fourteen. But please, as you get older, before you form an opinion about a subject, particularly a strong opinion, make sure you've done some basic research and know what the heck you're talking about. The US is already involved in two costly occupations, one in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. Both of those have so taxed the military that many professionals complain that the Army and the Marines are nearing the breaking point. Yet you advocate going to war with yet another Muslim country, and this time without even pretending that it isn't about oil. Saudi Arabia is several times the size of Iraq and has a comparable population. They also have some of the most sophisticated weapons in the world, ones which the US has sold to them. Forget about the morality of it -- and such an attack would not only be illegal by UN standards, but also by US law as well -- just how would you suggest the US take on such a foe? The answer to the problem of high gasoline prices is not to launch wars to seize a resouce that is getting harder to locate and produce, at least cheaply (and this is coming from someone who works for a major oil company), but to apply our human ingenuity to developing a better alternative. After all, the current oil industry only began about 160 years ago, when whale oil, which used to be the norm, became scarce as whales were hunted almost to extinction. But your answer is to launch a war in which tens of thousands of people, at least, will die, just so your parents can fill up their car with cheap gas. Many people in the US claim that the terrorists, or even Muslims in general, have little or no respect for life. How much respect does your attitude show when you would quite willingly trade so many human lives for more oil?
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You Americans should shut up and stop complaining. Instead of a war, why can't you guys junk mail your govt about prices? You seem to be an ignorant idiot who doesn't know why prices are rising. Here are the main reasons. 1. Inflation. If there was low inflation, crude would be at around $80/barrel. Proof-Gold is high/dollar is low. 2. Supply and Demand-Oil is not unlimited and the world population is growing. The less there is and the more it is sought after, the more expensive it would be. 3. Irresponsible govt. The US govt has not been responsible with the economy.
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All it would take to lower oil prices is to stop crazy,....lazy people starting up the car and driving half a mile to get a Big Mac. War is not the answer just quit driving so much. I read a story about a guy who quit altogether and rides his bike to work.....that is what it will take to short the oil.
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Our soldiers have been fighting Iraqis war for more than 5 years while the gas price keeps breaking new records. Do you really believe war with Saudi will bring down the oil price ?
