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25 February 2013

Obama Drives a Petrol-Soaked Stake Through Uncle Sam's Heart










"I think that… we have been slow to move in a better direction when it comes to energy usage. And the president, frankly, hasn’t had an energy policy.  And as a consequence we’ve been consuming energy as if it’s infinite. We now know that our demand is badly outstripping supply with China and India growing as rapidly as they are.  I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment. The fact that this is such a shock to American pocketbooks is not a good thing. But if we take some steps right now to help people make the adjustment, first of all by putting more money in their pockets, but also by encouraging the market to adapt to these new circumstances more rapidly, particularly U.S. automakers…" 

-  Barack Obama, 11 July 2008








Price for a gallon of regular.


July 2008:   $4.10 gas. Bush lifts drilling ban.

August 2008:   $2.70

September 2008:   $3.65

October 2008:   $2.66

November 2008:   $2.07

December 2008:   $1.66

January 2009:   $1.84

February 2009:   $1.96

March 2009:   $1.91

April 2009:   $2.06

May 2009:   $2.44

June 2009:   $2.67

July 2009:   $2.61

August 2009:   $2.64

September 2009:   $2.59

October 2009:   $2.49

November 2009:   $2.67

December 2009:   $2.60

January 2010:   $2.67

February 2010:   $2.65

March 2010:   $2.75

April 2010:   $2.86







Obama's drilling ban goes into effect:


May 2010:   $2.79

June 2010:   $2.70

July 2010:   $2.75

August 2010:   $2.75

September 2010:   $2.72

October 2010:   $2.82

November 2010:   $2.87

December 2010:   $3.05

January 2011:   $3.08

February 2011:   $3.48

March 2011:   $3.57

April 2011:   $3.88

May 2011:   $3.91

June 2011:   $3.65

July 2011:   $3.70

August 2011:   $3.60

September 2011:   $3.66

October 2011:   $3.46

November 2011:   $3.37

December 2011:   $3.23

January 2012:   $3.44

February 2012:   $3.72

March 2012:   $3.93

April 2012:   $3.92

May 2012:   $3.73

June 2012:   $3.62

July 2012:   $3.61

August 2012:   $3.56

September 2012:   $3.62

October 2012:   $3.86

November 2012:   $3.39

December 2012:   $3.60






January 2012:   $3.32

February 2012:   $3.73


March 2012:   $3.92

April 2012:    $3.83

May 2012:   $3.67

June 2012:   $3.52

July 2012:    $3.51

August 2012:    $3.83

September 2012:  $3.88

October 2012:   $3.82

November 2012:  $3.39

December 2012:  $3.29

January 2013:  $3.44

February 2013:   $3.75



Source: Consumer Reports & The Lundberg Report





 
I'm afraid that you are getting what you voted for in electing Obama.


 


"Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." 

- Barack Obama, January 2008



Ban offshore drilling.

Cease permitting coal mining.

Take even more lands out of leasing.

But, don't worry!  Any day, any year now, all of that new, green, technology of the future will be online and everyone will have all of the wind and solar-generated electricity that they could possibly ever want.

Or, not.  In the meantime, you will just have to get used to it.  Sorry that it wasn't a more "gradual adjustment."

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