Is the high price of oil (as manipulated by investors) an attempt to manipulate American opinion twords war?

Investors are manipulating the price of oil far past its typical supply and demand equilibrium. Is this an attempt to manipulate American opinion which has grown tired of the Iraqi War?





Will we be more willing to vote for war this Fall when traders push the cost of oil so high ?Is the high price of oil (as manipulated by investors) an attempt to manipulate American opinion twords war?
The propagandists who control information to the US population love the high price of gas. It creates anger and Americans express anger never at themselves for being wasteful, but rather at the other guy, for getting in the way of their comfort and status.





High priced gas helps assure a large percentage of the population ready to go fight someone.





I think there is a bit of that in the mix.Is the high price of oil (as manipulated by investors) an attempt to manipulate American opinion twords war?
I think it's more about the energy companies playing their emotional blackmail games yet again. It's the same game they played when there was an ';electrical energy shortage'; on the west coast that drove the profits for Enron sky high. It's the same game that was played in the 1970's when people were forced to wait in lines because of a manufactured gas shortage.





If you haven't already, read Isaac Asimov's ';Foundation Trilogy'; where the concept of mass psychology is used to influence entire planets and solar systems.
No. Some people still have a bit of morality. The tides will go in and out no matter what we do. Oil prices cannot stay high forever and possibly this will be a wake up call to Americans that we have to research other means. After all, we cannot continually be ';put over a barrel'; (excuse the pun).
Depends on who you ask. In my opinion it is pure greed.
No to both. It is simply a grab for greed.
A%26gt;The actual high price of oil is mostly blamed on supply and demand. With China and India's economy reaching average citizen's ability to buy their first car; supply and demand are taking a hit. It is costing us more because everyone (other countries) want oil for plastics, lubrication, asphalt, gas, diesel and heating fuel. If WE conserved, we would use much less. Recycle plastics and metals and drive slower and less; buy smaller cars and stop the waste maybe supply would be greater; but don't bet on it. But we have to try!


B%26gt; With everyone with spendable income; the money market, at work (place of employment), is putting YOUR savings toward; corn, oil, electric, LP or natural gas and coal. This in itself is driving up the price of gasoline and other commodities because; investors want a return on their money. So inadvertently WE are part of the problem.


3%26gt; If the congress and the rights groups would allow us to tap oil reserves in protected lands we would be more efficient supplying ourselves. Coal fields are just waiting to supply us around 300 billion gallons of oil. But clean air and animal rights groups have taken over what is under the earth and on it. Maybe we can work together before we give the country away and China makes coats out of all of the animals in the US when they own us. If they own us; They will pollute us too; like they have destroyed their own rivers and people.


4%26gt; If we lived within our means; we would have a value to the dollar. But since we don't our dollar is way down and it cost us more to buy oil because no one at this time wants our dollar as much as other currencies. $500,000 homes or less can't be sold for their inflated prices. People are stuck with over priced homes and can't afford to keep them because; taxes to run government are rising. Investors want their money on the loans and when they can't get it and reposses a home and can't sell it; it makes our buck way less than a dollar. So I believe a dollar of oil with our dollar is about 60 cents in value. So we need a buck forty to buy oil and other commodities worth a buck.


5%26gt; If we truly conserve and buy what we need and recycle; drive smaller cars or larger cars if we need them; but drive to conserve; we may make it. It is not just us and our own credit crunch; it is the world and their/our thrist for oil and things that are doing it and it is world wide.


6%26gt; War is part of demand and I don't think any new political group is going to be the sugar daddy and save us and perform a miracle and give us one dollar gas. It just won't happen! Yes there is profit taking and it must be regulated in my view. But it is still supply and demand and money markets and speculators. Conservation of how big our foot print on Earth turns out to be is the question.