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It's clear price gouging... The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever.
Interestingly, the oil companies know very well that in less than 30 years they will not only be charging very high prices, but that they will be uncompetitive with renewables.
There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that.
Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies.
Five years of Republicans' failed energy policies have resulted in Americans paying twice as much at the pump as they did in 2001, while big oil companies make triple the profits.
So when you go up against the Far Right you go up against the big financial special interests like the Halliburtons of the world, the big oil companies, the big energy companies who work so hard to rip us off.
It's not just a hurricane. It's the demand for gas in China... We're paying $3 a gallon, and the oil companies are making historic profits every quarter.
There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consumers.
The one thing people seem to forget is the more oil we have, the lower the price and the lower the profits the oil companies make.
You have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever.
You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.
If oil companies were to invest their high profits into alternative fuel research it will help America move toward new forms of energy.
But eventually it's a question of access: Getting access to fields is on top of the oil companies' agenda. We see a substantial build-up of supply occurring over the coming years.
The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever.
I can understand where the oil company wants to deduct the cost of drilling a well. That's one of the tax breaks for oil companies - the subsidies - they get to deduct the cost of the well the year you drill.
What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last year made $1.1 trillion.
The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.
The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put out a lot of disinformation about nuclear power.
Middle class families should not be forced to scrape by with less while oil companies get away with more.
First of all, I'm in favor of making price gouging a crime, and in fact, one the reasons I didn't vote for the Republican House version was because there were too many breaks for the oil companies.
I think there's a point to regulating, because there are snake oil companies.
Besides commercial benefits to the oil companies, equity oil abroad also provides national energy security.
Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.
