$4 gas? How to cut what you pay

Road1240,

Well then point all of us to some studies. Try to point them from both sides of the aisle. An FYI I used to work for Amoco (before BP merger) and have knowledge my self.  Also make sure that the technology is viable for large scale recovery. Not experimental that has been used in small tracts of land. How about where other countries may be using the technology to produce large amounts of oil from shale without ruining the countryside and the air and the water. I do like my trips to Colorado and wouldnt want to see the countryside destroyed and the water destroyed for the sake of a little oil.

Road1240,

You are referring to Oil shale.  And to get oil out of Oil Shale the avg price of Oil needs to be at about $100 per barrel to make it profitable. So at todays current prices getting oil from oil shale is barely profitable. So in other words Oil companies wont aggressivly start producing oil from oil shale until either production from oil shale drops considerably or very long term outlook for oil prices is a good deal above $100 per barrel.

the libs bashed Bush relentlessly when prices were high under his term.

Libs have very short memories, caused by the koolaid they drink on a daily basis.

So now they defend Obummer because it fits their agenda

A couple of other things for everyone. 

US Federal Gas tax is 18 cents per gallon.

In 2008 2 cars sold in the US were rated with average fuel economy over 40MPG.

In 2011 65

In 2012 99

That is how you use less gas.

People are claiming Keystone and the Canadian oil that would be pumped in the Keystone pipeline would lower US gas prices. So why is it that the Canadians arent keeping the oil for themselves? Oh do they have enough already and what would come through Keystone is surplus. Interesting then why is gas purchased in Canada even when taxes taken into account just as expensive as gas in the US?

Answer: Oil prices are set on the global level.  All of the oil goes into one messy pool for pricing.

ecnmoore,

Yes the politicians will do this because people tend to ignore the facts. They wont do the math. I ignored the politicians saying whatever and simply look up the facts and do the math.  The fact is that Oil is a traded global commodity and we don't sit on enough oil to make any meaningful dent in the cost of gasoline by producing more oil. We simply use to much to be self sufficient.  I tried to do the math for people and they ignore it.  You want to spend less on gas use less.  Secondly get pissed at politicians who provide fuel to the fire about  blustering about attacking the worlds suppliers or putting the soppy lines in jeopardy.  As for things like Keystone. There is a reason they want the pipeline to go to Houston and New Orleans.  Because there are ports with tax advantages in Houston and New Orleans so it is cheaper to send that oil overseas. Otherwise simply pump it to refineries in the north and midwest.