This has got to be the most biased headline I've ever seen

Scottwax · 06-17-08, 08:34

The article is about drilling in the northwest corner of Alaska but you wouldn't know it from the headline.

todd@bsaw · 06-18-08, 06:56

Wow. Seriously.

kerrinjeff · 06-18-08, 07:10

Pretty absurd. Obviously from the crowd that wants gas prices as high as possible. This clearly illustrates why the media has no credibility anymore. They report their agenda, not the truth.

bigfish528 · 06-18-08, 07:41

In the opening of every news cast they should have a caption "if you are looking for the truth don't watch us"

Brandon1 · 06-18-08, 07:42

Annoy some Bears, or have gas hit $10 a gallon..........hmmmmm.....................

Bunky · 06-18-08, 07:47

The headline should read:

Oil companies get OK to annoy and possible harm consumers

Scottwax · 06-18-08, 08:21

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Originally Posted by Bunky

The headline should read:

Oil companies get OK to annoy and possible harm consumers

Market speculators are more to blame for the current high oil prices than anyone else. Oil companies don't like paying $135 a barrel for oil any more than we like paying $4 for a gallon of gas.

shine · 06-18-08, 08:45

Wow, that's out there. I guess global warming is a fact now? Environmentalists and their BS...

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for fuel efficient vehicles and clean air but there is more oil and its not in the middle east.

jhakken · 06-18-08, 09:17

No one actually believes that oil exploration is a solution to high oil prices. Oil companies, for obvious reasons, will try to sell it though. We have been penny-wise and pound foolish. By opting out of the Kyoto treaty the U.S. has put itself at a disadvantage in the development of alternative energy sources and conservation technologies. Now and in the future we will be dependent upon foreign industries that should have been developed domestically to provide us with these new technologies. The lack of tougher fuel economy standards has left the big three behind in the development of hybrid technologies and more fuel efficient vehicles. Unforturnately, the fate of the polar bear is the least of our concerns when it comes to our failed energy policies.

PrinzII · 06-18-08, 10:37

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Originally Posted by bigfish528

In the opening of every news cast they should have a caption "if you are looking for the truth don't watch us"

Winn@r.....;rofl:

Bunky · 06-18-08, 03:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scottwax

Market speculators are more to blame for the current high oil prices than anyone else. Oil companies don't like paying $135 a barrel for oil any more than we like paying $4 for a gallon of gas.

Oil companies like high oil prices to the extent it does not foster searches for alternate energy. Oil refineries have delayed improvements (not just due to environmentalists) to boost profits. It is a racket throughout the supply chain.

Drilling now for oil we would see in 10 years is not going to reduce oil prices now or likely in the future. I am almost for saving our oil until we need it. In addition to just speculators, there are a lot countries growing (India, China, etc) that have greater demands on oil.

Holden_C04 · 06-18-08, 04:07

I don't think it's right to destroy wilderness in the name of mining some oil that will keep us going for another 2 years. It's not going to change anything but increase profit (zero effect on gas prices).