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[bo is more likely to lower gas prices Dems or Repubs?

The gas is already down... I just saw it today at $3.12 the gallon on a station 15 minutes from my house.

I'm pretty sure the democrats can do it without ruining the environment.

In terms of the national average, not necessarily meaningful. So far as I'm aware, the national average is $3.88, as of a whole four days ago.

Since we're talking about every industrialized and developing nation on earth competing for a dwindling natural resource, I don't think that anybody has the power to affect the prices of gasoline in the long term the way people are hoping. Legislation to push back the tide just ain't real effective.

I should clarify, though, that my long term and other peoples' long term often differ by a factor of ten or so. We may even be able to achieve a few years of relative ease in terms of energy. It would be a little bit like making big purchases on your credit card, though; all that cheap energy won't look so good after it runs out again, leaving us with most of the petroleum-based infrastructure we bought in the meantime collecting dust, and us scrambling to squeeze shale and oil sands for what energy-dear crude we can manage. Just look at the folks trying to sell the big cars they bought a few years ago; new refineries and superhighways are going to be a lot like that, built for a time when petroleum was cheap and plentiful that just ain't in the cards anymore.

What about drill and develop alt energy?
In Tacoma hydroelectric was voted a non-renewable energy source and people want to take down the dams for the fish.

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Ought to be among the most renewable, since it's around as long as you have water and gravity. Not the most ecologically responsible, of course, because it involves building giant reservoirs where there used to be dry land and dry land where there used to be rivers, generally.

My understanding of the candidates policy and correct me if they've changed there position since I last checked.

Mccain wanted a fuel duty holiday or something to that effect Obama wanted to reduce dependence with focus on renewable fuels. I'm also not an expert on economic matters so correct me again if I'm wrong here the results of this would be.

Mccain's measures would cause a short term drop in prices however they would climb once again as demand increased at the lower price.

Obama's plan would result in prices remaining high as there isn't any additional production or reduction in the buying plan however they wouldn't climb so sharply in the long run as dependence is presumably lowered by his investment.


Other than scarcity... Oh wait...

Money going out of our economy for gas hurts everyone, while $3-$5 per gallon gas hurts lower and middle class America a lot more than it hurts someone on a US Senator's or Congressman's salary.