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| View Poll Results: Who is to blame for recent gas price increases? | |||
| Market speculators |
   
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14 | 40.00% |
| Oil companies |
  
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13 | 37.14% |
| Oil producing countries |
  
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8 | 22.86% |
| China |
  
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10 | 28.57% |
| US Automakers |
  
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9 | 25.71% |
| Lack of refining capacity |
  
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10 | 28.57% |
| US government/lawmakers |
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11 | 31.43% |
| The Federal Reserve |
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7 | 20.00% |
| Dark Markets |
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4 | 11.43% |
| TheMercenary |
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7 | 20.00% |
| US Consumers |
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12 | 34.29% |
| Other |
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13 | 37.14% |
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06-16-2008, 01:17 PM
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UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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I voted, but I have reservations about the negative connotations of the word "blame." Sure, it hurts in the short term, but the price of oil going up is inevitable and necessary. The price spiking is the only thing that's ever going to push alternative fuels beyond a curiosity.
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