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A slippery dispute

Gas prices continue to test the elasticity of our patience. Josh Cantu ||[email protected]

As spring showers pass and heat waves of summer approach, gas prices begin to soar.

It’s hard to understand why gas prices are always rising, but there is a plethora of angry excuses and shots of blame: Earth’s oil supply depleting, crooked corporations and we seem to be common reasons for climbing gas prices.

It doesn’t take an esteemed economist to point out—or a flaming radical hippy liberal to admit—that the current race for the GOP presidential nomination is utter chaos.

Nonetheless, the only issue all the Republican candidates seem to agree about is gas prices. They’re Obama’s fault. Oh, and Iran is trying to fund a nuclear weapons program.

It’s no surprise that all the possible Republican candidates have attacked Obama’s social and economical stance. They have even gone as far as to suggest waging war against Iran based on the rising gas prices.

President Obama’s State of the Union address estimates that there are enough resources to fuel the nation for about 100 years. But that estimate may be off by a few decades, according to The Colorado School of Mines website, which estimates that there is only 23 years worth of recoverable gas left nationwide.

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According to consumerenergyreport.com, the U.S. imports 58 percent of its oil—Canada being the biggest contributor, then Mexico, then Saudi Arabia.

Iran simply doesn’t contribute enough oil to logically affect our prices as much as they’ve risen in the past two months. As the demand of oil is actually decreasing thanks to innovations in hybrid technology, natural energy and an increase in public transportation, it’s still a mystery why gas prices are rising.

When the sun begins to stay out past the evening summer is near, and families are heading to the beach, which is when the oil companies decide to strike.

To put it simply, summer is a great time for the gas market. People continue driving to work and also take long trips across the state and nation. To travel long distance, gas is a necessity, whether traveling by car, bus, train or plane.
Rising gas prices in the summer is a direct consequence of demand caused by the rise in travel.

Because oil tycoons dominate the market, citizens must either accept the rising gas prices, or stick it to the man by finding alternatives to their travel methods if they truly wish to avoid the effects of summer gas prices.

Or maybe we all just continue being another gallon of gas in the tank of an oil tycoon’s stream liner jet.

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