Which presidential candidate offers the best approach to rising oil prices?

One candidate wants to tax the oil companies and bring the money into the hands of the most incompetent organization: Congress.


The othe wants to start drilling offshore and limit our dependency on foreign oil.


Which one makes more sense?Which presidential candidate offers the best approach to rising oil prices?
From what I understand Obama doesn't have an energy plan. He believes that carbon credit trading is the solution. I don't.





McCain wants to build nuclear reactors. And I remember Three Mile Island, so I'm very leery of nuclear reactors.





The fact is that neither of the candidates have a good energy plan.





The Bush tax cuts should be rescinded and targeted tax cuts should be used to reward those who install solar cells, purchase hybrid or fuel cell vehicles and walk, ride bikes or use public transportation.,





Neither of these candidates seem to be taking the situation seriously enough. We need to do something now. Not 10 or 15 years down the road.





As a democrat, Obama's energy plan really does surprise me.


It's lame. And I'm amazed that Al Gore endorsed him.Which presidential candidate offers the best approach to rising oil prices?
McCain makes more sense with offshore drilling because at this point our China and Saudi Arabia can raise the price/barrel of crude oil almost as high as they want because we are SO dependent on them. If offshore drilling is passed then it will relieve some of the pressure. Our oil situation is very vulnerable right now.... The prices will, sadly enough, never go down unless we drill for ourselves because China is booming industrially and eating up the oil that they drill which leaves less and less for us and makes it more and more valuable so the price will keep rising.





Also a little bit of info for all the tree-hugging environmentalist obama-supporters-- China has already made a deal with Cuba and is drilling oil off of Florida's coast taking our oil because yall think it will ruin our environment. Well now they take our oil, our gas prices never lower, and our environment is still as you want to call it ';ruined.' Also that scratches your idea of having a ';stock-pile'; of oil when everyone else runs out because now everyone else it drilling out OUR oil b/c of you tree-hugging retards.....God put that oil there for us to drill and use and prosper with, not for us to back down and watch other countries come and take it from out from under our noses.











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If we do not drill for oil, we will never be independent. Bush has been trying to get this done, since he took office. The best approach to rising oil prices , is DRILL. John McCain has the best approach.





This incompetent, irresponsible and thoroughly politicized Democratic Congress is endangering our national security and economic well-being by locking up our own energy resources. It must not be allowed to blame the companies that spend billions supplying our energy needs for its own idiotic Democrat made policies.








All the while, they have to weave their way through a labyrinth of environmental rules that Congress has imposed on them, plus defend themselves against bogus legal attacks from green extremists. Then, even when oil is found, it can take years to prepare to drill.





So when Pelosi and other congressional Democrats claim the oilmen are ';sitting'; on all that land, under which lies an ocean of crude they are gleefully keeping from consumers, those senators and representatives are lying through their well-sharpened political teeth.





In fact, these companies are spending fortunes surveying, building facilities on, and even drilling on much of this land, though it may officially be classified as nonproducing. The fact of the matter is that 94% of federal onshore lands remain unleased, while 97% of offshore areas are similarly off-limits to oil exploration.





Meanwhile the Communist regimes of China and Cuba collude to exploit the oil and gas resources off our own Gulf Coast. The blame here rests squarely on Congress, which could repeal its quarter-century-old offshore drilling moratorium tomorrow if it so chose.





That same bunch voted into Congress in 06 need to be voted out as quickly as possible, as they are now for socialized oil as they are socialized healthcare.
If you like rising oil prices, vote Obama.


Even now, he is against increasing domestic energy supplies via offshore drilling. He also unfortunately pandered to Nevada against a safe and reasonable place for used nuclear fuel. Bad policy.








China right now is drilling 50 miles off the coast of Florida. Its nuts to let China do it but to stop domestic producers from doing it. Yet Obama is a rigid left-liberal and wont be for it.





McCain is more pro-domestic energy and will support alternative energy, nuclear, domestic fossil fuels, etc. while being environmentally responsible. The right balance.
McCain. (thank God) changed his mind: Wants to open part of the 97% of offshore areas currently off limits. We could us only our oil in 7-10 years while we advance alternative fuels. The result is increase supply(lower prices) but more importantly to me, energy independence. Results in increased security.





Obama: Wants to put a tax on the oil companies. Thereby keeping us dependent on sources of energy from unstable governments in unstable regions.





Mmmm... Don't see any more oil coming from option 2





Not even close





We do need to use other sources of energy. But it will be 10-20 years before we can all afford a car that will run on something other than gas. I see no benefit to destroying our economy while we ';hope'; for that ';change';.
Here is how I look at it.





I would much rather prefer to tax the hell out of foriegn oil, because at least then we wouldn't be losing as much money as we are to them already. As much as congress does screw up with money, its always good to have more that we really arn't paying for.





I also don't want to drill our own land yet not because I think it will really effect the enviorment, but why not use everyone else's so when they run out we still have stockloads to use up.





Adding on...


We're the richest freaking country in the world. Stop making [and buying] giant Gas eating SUVs, trucks, and sports cars if you can't afford the gas for them. Cut back on your luxaries that you could easily go without. AKA stop eating out so much, go to the movies less often, dont buy an Iphone when the phone you have is perfectly fine.
John Mccain We should start drilling for our own oil. Facts: There is enough oil in the shales in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah to last us for the next 400 years. Foreign countries (Russia, China, India) are already drilling off the cost of California. California has a moratorium against the United States companies drilling off their cost. They need to learn they are a minority of the country and the majority rules.





Only moron liberals want to blame the oil companies. They take the biggest risk both in expense to find the oil and


safety. If the liberal tree-huggers in Congress would start thinking about how to fix the problem rather then who to blame they might actually get something done. As I remember all these idiots promised to fix the problem. Pelosi and here crew have done nothing in 2 years. The amazing part is they still got paid.?.?.?
I just watched CNN’s international Channel(3pm EST), breaking the news that oil price spikes again. But the anchor and the reporter assert it is China’s diesel demand contributed to the hike.





Waited a sec ! It is already THIRD time I am hearing CNN’s assertion of China’s diesel demand. The first time was about two weeks ago. What’s going on?





Then, Israel’s-Iran-attack-drill news flashing back-------Which Was Just Happened This Morning ! That “unmistakable signal” is surely an act to have a consequence of oil supply disruption ! Why is it not reported as a oil spiking cause ? !





Time to scapegoat China again before a major offensive ? To verify, I went to CNN web site , there it is :





China hikes fuel prices http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/20/news/int…





China to raise energy prices


http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/19/news/int…





But nowhere saying that Israel’s-Iran-attack-drill will unstablize the oil supply region, causing the oil price up.





For Israelis Iran Strike Drill see


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c…
Most people would say the second one makes the most sense. Reducing our dependence on foreign oil would be a massive improvement to our current situation.





The first choice, more taxes, is clearly a brainchild of the Democrats...since higher taxation is their answer to everything.
Barack Obama, he wants to get our country off of petroleum. McCain is pandering to Big Oil.
you republicans had your chance and blew it





now the dems control the senate and congress





mccain's approach is all talk that will have no action
Ron Paul.
McCain. Obama is just pandering to the enviros.
that's a no brainer, but the democrats haven't figured it out yet.