U.S citizens, what's your opinion on energy prices?

airnavagator, the problem is the politicians are in the pockets of the oil companies…

We currently consume 25% of the worlds oil. We current produce only 2 percent. Even if we were to double our production (which is not really possible), it would not be impactful on price. We can not drill ourselves out of this problem.

I agree higher prices will cause people to be smarter about consumption, but it amazes me how conservatives had problems with government taxing gas when it was cheap in order to encourage conservation and fund infrastructure and energy technologies, but don’t have a problem now that the higher prices are only going to oil company profits. If we had added a dollar a gallon tax 20 years ago, and invested that money into developing new technologies, we would not be in the situation we are in today.

Current energy prices are the result of a devalued dollar. Devalued dollars are the result of inflation. Inflation is the result of fiat money. Fiat money is the result of our PRIVATELY OWNED FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. Anyone giving more than a passing sh!t can take a look for themselves:

http://www.fdrs.org/secrets_of_the_federal_reserve.html

The man in the pic is Ezra Pound. He was adamantly opposed to the U.S.’s involvement in WWII. He discovered that different fronts for the same banking houses were bankrolling both sides of the war. He tried to disseminate this information via radio broadcast in Italy. He was institutionalized by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in lieu of a trial on charges of treason… [one way to keep people from telling their side of the story.] He found a way to tell his story. He employed Eustace Mullins to tell it for him. Eustace gave us his “Secrets of the Federal Reserve” You can find the book in its entirety at the link provided.

ya its pretty rough. luckily I drive a small car and they havn’t really affected me that much. enough, but not enough. but I just don’t know what we’re going to do in a couple years when it just keeps getting worse and worse. its a huge problem thats litterally smacking Americans in the face, but yet the government isn’t doing whats necessary

They suck!!

But what do you expect when you put a couple of oilmen in the whitehouse

Yes, they suck!!! glad I got a scooter and a bike.