Yes, blame the oil companies when they're profit margins are 8.3-10%, the national average is 7%. Get off the Obama "we're gonna take your profits" nutsack and do some research, please. If gas is that profitable why is Mobil selling off the rest of their gas stations? If gas is that profitable then why is Exxon R&D'ing hybrid batteries? If gas is that profitable why is Shell helping GM build their hydrogen infrastructure? Also, these "oil" companies are also ENERGY companies. They don't even make all their money off of just oil. Furthermore do you know how many 401K and pensions are wrapped up in these companies? They're dividend based stocks too. You can blame Bush, you can blame all the Republicans blah blah blah, the fact is the ENTIRE government has done nothing for decades AGAINST the suggestion of expert.
Oh wait, I forgot, people like Obama and Pelosi are going to save us from the clutches of the evil companies, alternative energy is just a night's sleep away.
. Maybe if our ******* government did their job 20yrs ago we wouldn't be in this dilemma. This issue isn't a right vs left issue. It's the entire government's issue and neither side can agree on a damn thing. The right just wants to drill, the left thinks we're magically going to wake up tomorrow and have alternative energy resources and think drilling is evil. Both sides need to wake the hell up AND JUST DO SOMETHING! Do it all, drill, build refineries, go nuclear..or nu-clear as Bush says lol, conserve, fund wind and solar, just do it all. But for Christ sake stop the Ethanol BS, taking a food product to fill up our SUV's is, was and always will be a horrendous idea.