We still heat our homes, run our cars, and produce our electricity by burning petroleum. Al Gore s a liberal idiot for wanting to get rid of internal combustion engines. One day the countries that sell us this oil try to bring back the OPEC oligopoly, and make a deal among one another to limit production. Supply decreases, more dollars chase fewer barrels of oil, and prices rise. In this way, OPEC can guarantee each member a minimum income with no infighting, and can perhaps also set the stage for political concessions.
Gasoline prices rise.
Heating homes with oil is no longer economical. But we already have the SUV s and the oil furnaces. We re stuck, and we pay. Suddenly Gore isn t such a dummy. Some Americans wonder why OPEC members like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia take part in schemes to soak us with higher oil prices.