07-03-2008, 02:54 PM
[quote KokaneeReaper77]There is a reason for that wyobraz the oil companies pretty much own the politicians [frown] [/quote]
Should read, 'is owned by the government.' They all have their hand in the mix, so why would they push for lower prices? Plus we have a ton oil available to us right in the states. Oil shale right in Utah, and Nevada. Huge oil reserves in Alaska. South Dakota has a huge reserve as well. We need to be less dependant on foreingn il and use what we have available.
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Should read, 'is owned by the government.' They all have their hand in the mix, so why would they push for lower prices? Plus we have a ton oil available to us right in the states. Oil shale right in Utah, and Nevada. Huge oil reserves in Alaska. South Dakota has a huge reserve as well. We need to be less dependant on foreingn il and use what we have available.
NetherlandsAmsterdam$6.48NorwayOslo$6.27ItalyMilan$5.96DenmarkCopenhagen$5.93BelgiumBrussels$5.91SwedenStockholm$5.80United KingdomLondon$5.79GermanyFrankfurt$5.57FranceParis$5.54PortugalLisbon$5.35HungaryBudapest$4.94Luxembourg$4.82CroatiaZagreb$4.81IrelandDublin$4.78SwitzerlandGeneva$4.74SpainMadrid$4.55JapanTokyo$4.24Czech RepublicPrague$4.19RomaniaBucharest$4.09Andorra$4.08EstoniaTallinn$3.62BulgariaSofia$3.52BrazilBrasilia$3.12CubaHavana$3.03TaiwanTaipei$2.84LebanonBeirut$2.63South AfricaJohannesburg$2.62NicaraguaManagua$2.61PanamaPanama City$2.19RussiaMoscow$2.10Puerto RicoSan Juan$1.74Saudi ArabiaRiyadh$0.91KuwaitKuwait City$0.78EgyptCairo$0.65NigeriaLagos$0.38VenezuelaCaracas$0.12
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