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Thu Sep 4, 2014, 10:24 AM Sep 2014

TX R-Joe Barton Hoping to Lift Crude Export Ban and Raise the Price of Gasoline in America. [View all]

Less supply in America means higher gasoline prices for consumers, more profits for Big Oil. Big Oil wins again by selling exports. With less supply and higher prices causing problems, Big Oil hopes to talk consumers into getting Congress to lift the ban. Keeping the ban in place, will help working consumers here in America.

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/09/03/barton-time-to-lift-crude-export-ban/

The federal government is also studying the issue. The government’s Energy Information Administration will soon issue a report analyzing how the price of oil around the globe affects gasoline costs inside the United States. The document is expected to provide additional ammunition to export advocates, who have argued that the existing ban is a relic of the OPEC oil embargo that does not mesh with today’s booming domestic crude production.

Also, who/what persons are doing this gasoline usage study and what persons are writing the report? Look out for this GOP scam.

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/08/18/eia-to-cast-new-data-into-oil-export-debate/




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