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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Road Walker who wrote (1069)7/30/2008 7:21:26 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (4) of 86352
 
If the Republicans have let the corporations rule for the last 6 years, why haven't the oil companies gotten Bush and the formerly Republican led Congress to open up ANWR and the OCS previously?

Because most people opposed it (Rep and Dem) and it is a headline, red flag issue.

Then I would say the people are ruling. BTW 74% now favor allowing drilling.

If the economy has turned stagnant and oil prices have grown most sharply in the last year and a half and if Republicans are at entirely at fault for that, why did those things only occur after Democrats won majority control over the House and Senate?

There is often a delay between cause and effect. Even if we were to enact a true comprehensive energy policy (efficiency/production) today it would be years before it would really start to kick in. The benign neglect of energy policy over the last, hell, the last 30 years has led us to where we are today.

So the alleged beneficial impact of Democrats taking control of Congress will kick in 28 years from now?
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