MY PHILOSOPHY

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Ben Franklin

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Strangling Oil

The dangers of economic ignorance.

"....Not enough fuel, with growing demand (estimated to be 30% greater by 2030) and higher prices. And Congress proposes imposing price caps and breaking up Big Oil.

But it's all been tried. In the 1970s, Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter all kept price controls on oil. As a result, drillers had no incentive to find new supplies, and prices — along with OPEC control over our energy future — increased."

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