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Originally posted by: starkiller
Its been roughly $2.35 around Cleveland. Ahh, the benefits of walking to work. Not only do I get exercise every day, but I save money on gas.
JediSage,
Actually, no amount of oil from ANWR or anywhere else is going to help. Part of gas prices being so high is the fact that no refineries have been built in the US in the last 20 years. The one's in operation now are at 100% capacity.
Blame the tree-hugging freaks that don't want the added pollution. But it not all them. There is also the average citizen and their 'not-in-my-backyard' mentality.
Another refinery HAS to go up some time though, to replace the one in Texas that blew up this past month.
Yeah, I was just joking about drilling in Alaska, although I think there's a huge amount of hipocrsy in the "No dependence on foreign oil!/Don't drill in ANWR!!" crowd.
All I can say is: Thank God we're not dumb enough to still be a Kyoto signatory (for now anyway).