An Aid To Memory

Opec is going to trim their output informally, and the result has been an additional $1.40 tacked onto the price of oil just this morning. I believe OPEC has the right to do whatever it wants, but let me offer a perspective on this.

America is still addicted to oil. So gas is nearing $2.00 again. So what? We are still addicted to oil. The leader of one of our major oil suppliers came into our country, put down our leadership, acted like a complete idiot, and we are still paying his way into power. I for one am sick of it. I don’t care if gas is 99 cents a gallon again, we need to start focusing on alternatives. If I had a flex-fuel car (which I don’t now, but will definitely consider in the future), and a station with E85 nearby, I would use it. I would pay extra to put ethanol into my tank. However, the oil companies have been going slow on installing E85 pumps. I wonder why?

Folks, 2.12 gas is not cheap. Funding near-totalitarian regimes is not good. I think we all need to not be blinded by “cheap” gas. We still have a problem, and it still needs fixed. Americans have short memories for things like this.

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