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To: Road Walker who wrote (285548)	5/17/2006 1:37:09 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573850

re: This is about as stupid an idea as an air conditioner in the North Pole and a rather blatant attempt to get some popularity back. The problem is not that a shortage of crude is leading to a gas shortage. Instead, the shortage of gas is due to a shortage of ethanol needed to make the gas blend now required by new federal legislation, complicated by refinery shutdowns for their annual maintenance. Inventories of oil have not been this high in quite some time. Not putting some in the SPR will only contribute to those inventories, not to solving the problem. The other part is it's a short term (non)solution to a long term problem. Well, Mr. Bush has a short term problem. He has to figure out how to raise his ratings asap. He's pandering....first the oil in the SPR and now national guard troops on the border. Where's david what's his name to tell us how Bush doesn't read the polls. It's so freaking obvious that we have to get more efficient with our use of gasoline. Yet we give incentives to the oil companies (and as a result consumption) instead of giving incentives to efficiency. It's so ludicrous, it drives me nuts. I agree with your idea but you are asking the same people who don't think wiretapping is a serious problem to push for more efficient use of gasoline; to conserve, to restrict their lifestyles for the sake of the nation. I don't think so. Like I said....they are the same people who wanted to topple Saddam; for 4 1/2 years, thought Bush was better than ice cream, and think wiretapping is okay.