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Will we see $5 a gallon gas by the end of summer?

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I don't believe we will. We may get damn close though.

Why we wouldn't open up drilling in Anwar is a real mystery to me. The environmental concerns are so bogus as to be laughable. We have enough oil there to be able to not import ANY oil. We would even have enough to export some if we wanted to (offset our balance of trade deficits).

Yes, it would take 8-10 years before the work could be completed and oil could start flowing. However, if you don't start until next year then make that 9-11 years from today, the year after that 10-12 years, etc....

How long should we wait to GET STARTED? Drill baby drill!!!

Jahbulon wrote:Will we see $5 a gallon gas by the end of summer?

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No

IN NYC or Oklahoma City? There is a giant difference.

My intent was as a national average, but I'm limited to the number of characters I can place in the question on the poll.

I am sure there are areas where we are already getting close.

Yes, on the west coast only.

People in San Diego are going to Mexico to buy gas, $1.50/Gal less.

I sure hope so. Much higher even.

We can send men to the moon and back, cure human diseases, harness and control nuclear reaction, and expound on the exponential computing technology to simultaneously shrink and improve computing capacity, yet we can't find a better, more viable alternative to fossil fuels? Really? Combustion engine technology is how old again?

But wait! What about this completely new idea of increasing our own domestic drilling and refining that some are talking about? Wow! More drilling and refining? What an amazing, intelligent, and technologically advanced feat that would be! Surely that's the answer. Man, I don't know if I'll be able to contain my excitement at seeing the next big technological breakthrough following that one (sigh).

There are Shell Stations in and around Orlando where gas is going for $5.94!

US Energy Information Association: Causes of increased oil prices: http://www.eia.gov/finance/markets/

we are already over $4 and going up.

I just wish the left and right in DC would sit down and draw up a 100 year energy plan. Everyone waits for the President to take the lead, but why can the Senate and the House lead the charge? A bipartisan effort would look at all the issues, compromise, and develop a clear cut path forward. I think that alone would give the economy a jolt!

I'm dead serious about this!

I hope we see 5 dollars a gallon at the end of the summer and not 6 or 7.

I am hoping that since it is an election year that prices will magically drop during the summer.

Thankfully CO has a refinery, $3.32 Costco

Most likely, (and aware that I'm playing the cynic) I see gas hitting well over $5 by late summer, if not through the early fall (into Sept.-Oct.)

We continue to export a record amount of gasoline from this country to other nations and domestic demand is still at lower than average levels. Yet prices continue to rise domestically. Why? Because we're importing the crude here, refining it and then exporting it to places where governments and their populace can stomach the price. We're even exporting refined gasoline that was programmed for consumption here because domestic demand is so low.

So, even though domestic demand is weak, international demand is growing. Which means that no matter what happens here in the US, prices will continue to rise even while domestic drivers continue to cut their driving as the prices rise. Short of a new energy used for transportation (like the diesel trucking shift in the 70's), we're at the mercy of the rest of the world's demand. None of the major oil companies are going to (willingly) keep gas on shore in the US if they can sell it over seas for a higher price.

High prices are here to stay unless something major happens. And in order for something major to happen, we Americans are going to have to stop playing to wing nuts, sound-bite jockeys and pundit-pukes when electing our leadership. We have real issues in this country and we all seem much more interested in ripping our political opposites to shreds, raising and inflaming the nuts and playing a short term game then actually letting science and innovation solve problems.

I still hold out hope that we, as a nation, will grow up past this 5 year old mentality of "My dad can kick your dad's ***!!" (by "Dad" I mean "party of choice"). But frankly, I think we're somehow actually comfortable here. Growing up would, after all, mean making sacrifices, solving problems and making hard choices. It's much easier to sit in the sandbox and fling poop at each other like a bunch of monkeys.