oregonian/sodfarmer- the problem isnt one of not enough refineries....the oil companies are shutting down refineries because they finally figured out that they make more money by producing less oil.......if you two voted for bush and i bet you both did if you voted....then you two are to blame for these prices.....look no further than the mirror for the reason for this........you helped elect an oil tycoon administration and now your paying for what you asked for.....and sorry the ole chinese and indian demand is to blame wont cut it either unless they all gave birth to billions on the day that bush got elected.........REPUBLICANS AFE TO BLAME........period..... you guys have spent 50 years securing this dependance on oil and blocked any attempt you could to research alternative energies or subsidize their research or design...........

im not for handing over any tax payer owned land to the oil companies that are allready gouging us....not even for lease....if you say your against welfare why do you support land welfare for the oil companies?????

the best estimates show that this oil would not reach the market for another ten years and it would be a minimum of $14/gallon

the issue is only to provide a distraction to their price gouging and to try and place a false blame on environmentalists for high fuel prices when environmentalist have really almost nothting to do with fuel prices at all.....