Who will lead this country out of the gas crisis?

None of the above?

None can.

I doubt that any of them can, honestly.

I have to go with the three answers above.

with 8 sisters &2 brothers scatter across the country, i know the feeling!

None the U.S. does not control production or the demand from any country.

No one will because they are all loving the money that they are making.
they could have let some of the oil go and helped but no that would take some money out of their pocket.

I think the best reprieve will come with the use of more and more alternative energy in vehicles.

I guess from answers above sounds like noone will!

And less use of vehicles, too.

None of them.

I agree with Karen

Yeah, none.

none of them

They can't.

Too complex to say. Might be more important to ask which one can be trusted to care.

I don't feel any of them can lead this country period!

Any of them can, because there is not a crisis going on. The US has enough gas stock piled to last at least 10 years.
Bush could do it tomorrow if he really wanted too. The thing is his pockets are being lined nicely so why should he? If whoever it is, that should be on top of there list of things to do. It was because of Bush taking the cap off of gas prices and they have only gone up and up and up over the years. They just have to want to do it.

I'm not sure which one can but.....The US has been accused by it's own citizenry (at least the Liberal ones) of engaging in a "war for oil" in Iraq. But wait! If we actually took control of the Iraqi oil fields, it would drive the price of oil through the basement and we would have 25 cents a gallon gasoline just like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia.

No...that won't work either because then Exxon and the profiteers would have control of the oil and charge us through the nose for it.

While I tend to agree with Chris E, the candidate I feel will lead us out of a gas crisis is "the consumer" by refusing to pay the ridiculous prices and boycotting gasoline. They should be using ehtanol fuel already in the US.

The best thing that could happen would be to disband OPEC. OR we could drill our own oil.

Ethanol is not the answer. Costs the same or more.

In the near term : allowing more gasoline refineries to be built - that will help significantly.

Also, we should allow drilling in ANWR.

In the future : we need to increase funding and investment in advanced battery design. We need to get the oil "monkey" off our backs. And once we're energy dependent, we can tell OPEC to kiss our ass.

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non eof them want to, they are concerned with keeping the oil companies happy and rich.

The gas "crisis" is more than likely caused by the producers themselves, Shell has a propensity for taking refineries offline for piddling reasons. They put workers on unemployment and raise pump priced caused by a "shortfall" they have created. I would imagine others do the same. How to stop this practise? Independent inspection, and fine the hell out of them for artificially creating a crisis by scare tactics. There's plenty of gas. Just the meddling of governments in pretty much all of North America.

Think it's bad where you are? It cost me $42.50 last week at the pumps for a half tank on the Malibu. That's 1.19 a litre. (A litre is .1 larger than your quart.)

Rev.Dr.Jack Daye, DD RCP -

Sounds like you Canadians need to pump those Alberta Oil Sands a little harder!

Your pump prices are ridiculous for being an oil producing nation.

Chris is absolutely right with her statement in that this is out of the control of the US. Gas prices will continue to fluctuate like they have been for the last several months and as long as the demand is high, then the oil companies will continue to charge high prices.

Why doesn't the Feds remove their tax on gasoline? Me for president.

No presidential candidate will help the cost of gas. It is doomed to keep raising exponentially now.

I don't think any of them can!

I'm so depressed. I'm getting out my bike, now.

Yeah well I'd have to agree with just about everyone... none of the above...

If everyone would band together and stay home except for necessities for a couple of months the prices would come down. But no one will. Come Memorial Day weekend people will be running all over the place on their 1st mini vacation of the season. I don't think any president can stop that.

President Bush can and could have a long time ago. Just has to open up our own oil wells, and allow drilling else where.

Automated public transit advocates like me.

That's who.

I don't think none will. I also think the gas thing will get alot worse before it is over.

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**Don't Speed On June 1st**

As you may have noticed, the price of oil, gas, and food has begun to skyrocket. This has really made life difficult for most of us. What I propose is that we make June 1st, 2008 a day in which we don't speed while driving. Yes, you may have to leave a little earlier, but the benefits are great. If we all decide not to speed on June 1st:

Our fuel usage will be lower (your gas mileage goes up when you slow down).
The demand for gas will be lower and will help drive down gas prices (the "don't buy gas on May 19th" scheme didn't work since people would either buy gas the day before or the day after, which only raised prices and didn't lower demand).
The price of food will be lower (the increased fuel prices affect truckers and raise the price of our food).
There will be fewer accidents (with more people driving slower, the roads will be safer).
You will help fight global warming (by decreasing the amount of gas we burn, we will lower the amount of carbon dioxide that goes into the atmosphere).
You will save money (by helping to lower the price of gas and food, you will save money and help others to save as well).
For all of these reasons and more, I would like to propose that we make June 1st, 2008 a day that we don't speed. Pass this along to everyone that you know and get the word out!

Thanks!!

--Dan H.

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Slow down, think twice before you drive somewhere you could walk, inflate your tires, and look for the most fuel-efficient car you can find given the current technology. Take personal responsibility before pointing the finger at others.

And then do everything you can to make sure Barack Obama is elected president of the United States. Help elect a filibuster-proof senate. Contribute if you can to democratic senate candidates in so-called "toss-up" states.

George Bush and John McCain had their chance to make changes to our energy policy, but instead they have not only been obstuctions to every positive change that has been proposed, they favor tax incentives that continue our reliance on oil, coal and other fossil fuels. They continue to buckle under to special interests, which is undermining our ability to address energy and climate change issues. These issues are very complex, to be sure, and many are out of our control. But we simply CANNOT afford another four years of this, and that's exactly what we will get with John McCain.

Keep your eye on the ball, people -- don't allow yourself to be swayed by swagger and bluster of Bush/McCain/Palin.