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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Gas prices and offshore drilling

Not much is at stake on Election Day 2008. Just the long-term health of the global economy and the future of the planet. That's what the offshore drilling debate is all about.

Andrew Leonard

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:39 AM

If the Democrats are so fired up about the need for conservation, the need to use less oil, and the importance of burning lower amounts of fossil fuels to reduce "greenhouse gases"...

...then why are they worried at all about higher gasoline prices? Why not be honest, and stay true to their principles, telling the American electorate, "Yeah, we know you don't like these prices, but in fact they are good for you and for the planet. High prices of a given commodity are the one thing guaranteed to lower consumption of that commodity."

Seriously, I am not going to be lectured to about economics, or environmental morals, or technology by Democrats. If you wnant the things you say you want, then don't complain about high gas-pump prices, and don't blame Republicans.

This is the stupidest thesis I have seen on Salon in many days, which is saying a lot.

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