...Almost playing a poker game with crude oil prices, making a series of bets about where prices are going to be going. That speculation is really what is driving prices up. |
America's natural gas companies have been fined over two-billion dollars in the last three years for manipulating natural gas markets. This clearly shows that we do not have an adequate regulatory framework over natural gas markets, and we feel there is market manipulation continuing today in the United States. |
GNEP cannot accomplish the administration's proliferation or waste management goals. The reprocessing technologies that DOE is currently researching are far from 'proliferation-resistant' and are decades from commercialization. |
I am against tying the merger to the rate deal. It is not doing anything to address the underlying, systemic problems in Maryland's utility market. |
I think it is very difficult, if not impossible, to foster truly competitive markets when you're dealing with energy. |
It shouldn't be a place where political favors are granted. |
Noble has made a billion dollars in profits since 2000, but it doesn't pay its fair share in taxes. Taxpayers are being gouged at both ends of this deal. Noble is getting rich off high energy prices, while the Department of Energy is giving away taxpayers' hard-earned dollars in the form of an unnecessary grant. |
Noble has made a billion dollars in profits since 2000, but it doesn't pay its fair share in taxes. Taxpayers are being gouged at both ends of this deal. Noble is getting rich off high energy prices, while the Department of Energy is giving away taxpayers' hard-earned dollars in the form of an unnecessary grant. |
Oil companies are exploiting a tight supply-demand situation. They are piling on, making a bad situation worse. |
That level of profit is not justifiable. |
The fact that oil companies are enjoying record profits when consumers are paying record high prices does not sit well with people. |
The House bill basically punted most responsibilities to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Senate bill takes a more aggressive stance in protecting investors, in our opinion. |
The state thought it would be a great idea. It no longer protected consumers. |
There's a lot of geographic concentration of power. All these folks are from Texas -- a big energy-producing state. It shows where the influence is. |
They are making out like bandits right now, at a time when I'm not sure that the economy can sustain these high prices. |