Reply #29: This is NOT sufficient to explain the sudden increaseses in gas prices. [View All]

[johnaries]

There are a lot of "smoke screen" explanations for the recent increases, but they simply don't add up.

The most common explanation is that it's because of "increased demand from China" which has already been proven to be false and misleading.

Look at history. This is NOT the first time this has happened, and previously it was shown to be manipulation by the oil companies. There has not been sufficient evidence to show that it's any different this time. You have not presented any evidence to show that it's any different this time. It happened in the 70's, and it happened in 2000 in California.

Perhaps the price increases are legitimate. But we will not know until Congress holds an investigation.

And the question still remains, why won't Cheney allow the discussions and decisions of his Energy Task Force be made public? Are they relevent to the current situation?

What is he hiding?

The American Public deserves answers. And we will never know if the current gas prices are legitimate until these questions and more are answered.