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   From: huntres23@optonline.net   
      
   On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 22:16:19 -0500, Martin Eastburn   
    wrote:   
      
   >Washington holds back drilling - supply and demand.   
      
   No, Washington isn't holding back drilling. They've let out hundreds   
   of drilling leases that the oil companies aren't using. Prices have   
   come down, not up. There is more supply than demand.   
      
   >Washington taxes layer upon layer onto the fuel as a   
   >tax source.   
      
   No, there is one federal tax on gasoline: 18.4 cents/gallon, where   
   it's been since 1993. With inflation, its value keeps going down.   
      
   >   
   >The additives MTBE (trash junk that pollutes ground water) and now   
   >grain alcohol that robs the national store, world food bank, and   
   >home base food for all.  Feed prices are up and fuel is also.   
      
   Corn ethanol has had some influence on grain prices. Otherwise, every   
   one of your assertions here is a myth, Martin.   
      
   Ed Huntress   
      
   >   
   >Martin   
   >   
   >On 6/30/2013 6:08 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:52:28 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Takes a lot of grains and starches off the market, that could have been   
   used for feeding animals or humans. Or making manufacturing. On the other   
   hand, I've heard we have plenty of oil in the ground in the USA, and off the   
   coast. Our fuel shortages    
   and high prices are due to Washington DC, not due to any real shortage.   
   >>   
   >> There is no fuel shortage. Prices are roughly the same as they were in   
   >> 1980, allowing for general inflation. Washington has almost nothing to   
   >> do with fuel costs.   
   >>   
   >> We have plenty of grains and starch to eat. Those are not issues.   
   >>   
   >> All in all, Chris, that's a lot of mush inside your head, for one   
   >> person. Where do you get all that stuff?   
   >>   
      
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