EVER WONDER WHY GAS IS SO EXPENSIVE???? (topic taken of yahoo)

[reservoirGod]

1) Because different states have different regulations for additives due to it' own clean air standards, gas in states where it is plentiful may not be allowed to go where it' not. That creates shortages and thus high prices.

2) Because there are not enough refineries to turn oil into gasoline, it doesn't matter if this country recieved twice the amount of oil that it presently gets. It couldn't be processed into gasoline.

3) This country has a lot of oil in the form of shell a little to the west of center. Because it is too expensive to change that shell into a liquid form and pumped to the surface. We remain addited to foreign oil and the foreign governmental problems that come with it.

4) Because of America' love of gas guzzelers, failure to extract oil from Alaska (not delivering that oil along the shortest route--lobbists for jobs in Alaska [pure pork in a time of need for the lower 48] ) that oil will cost more and take longer to get here.

4) Because of the efforts of the enviromentalist to prevent offshore drilling for oil that could taske the place of foreign oil so we can tell those guys across the water to go to hell, the price of oil goes up.


That's why gas is high!!!

1)no.
2)think about it... wouldn't that bring down demand and prices, yes it would. But, the oil companies don't have too. So they won't.
3)no.
4) Amreican cars do suck more gas... do you really think there is no oil being "extracted" in Alaska?
4)Always got to add an extra "4)" to blame some "liberals", huh?

That's why you sound high!