Displaying all 5 Lists for the Category: energy independence

Energy Independence Lists

List:	Speculators drive up oil prices	View List
Last Updated:	9/2/2008
Submitted by:	Picka

Description: Investors, such as hedge funds and investment bankers, manipulate the market and drive crude oil, heating oil, gasoline and diesel fuel prices to new heights.

List:	Lifting ban on offshore drilling will not bring down gasoline prices.	View List
Last Updated:	9/2/2008
Submitted by:	Picka

Description: John McCain says “we need to drill here and drill now” adding that “resources could be exploited in a matter of months”, but his high pitched rhetoric is not supported by a rational analysis of the facts.

List:	Bush administration drives up oil prices	View List
Last Updated:	9/2/2008
Submitted by:	Picka

Description: Diverting light sweet (low sulfur) crude from the market to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) during times of critical shortages has exasperated already tight supplies and driven up prices. This list is largely developed from two papers by Philip K. Verleger, Jr., an economist, oil expert and...

List:	Obama versus McCain: Short Term Energy Relief	View List
Last Updated:	9/7/2008
Submitted by:	Picka

Description: Both Barack Obama and John McCain have put forth proposals for short term relief from soaring energy prices. Most of these were made in late spring and early summer as gasoline prices were rising. Comparisons and comments follow.

List:	Obama versus McCain: Long Term Energy Solutions	View List
Last Updated:	9/6/2008
Submitted by:	Picka

Description: A comparison of Barack Obama's and John McCain Mid to Long Term Energy Plans is compiled directly from their websites, in most cases preserving their exact wording so that subtle differences can be recognized. We have added statements made by them in townhall meetings, speeches or debates. Comments...