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Nationalize Gas and Oil Companies

Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:

Readers:

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This should make Americans ask the fundamental question: What is the difference between what a public non-profit utility company provides and what a private for-profit oil company provides? After all, they both sell energy to all United States citizens.

The difference is that natural gas and electricity are sold in the form of a public good, whereas oil is sold in the form of a private good. Accordingly, on the grounds of promoting national security, the United States Congress should convert all oil companies to utility companies. This would eliminate the windfall profits and force the oil industry to earn just enough income to cover operating expenses just as natural gas and electric utility companies are required to do.

The resulting drop in gasoline prices would further stimulate the economy and lighten the energy stranglehold upon the United States by the Middle East. It would also eliminate the influence of the oil lobby.

In this case, desperate times call for deliberate measures. But as pathetic as the energy policy is in the United States, the effort to develop alternative sources of energy won’t really be accelerated until the oil dries up and the Saudi’s place solar cells all across their desert and then sell us the electricity.

Joe Bialek
Cleveland, OH

135 Comments

  1. Carl A. Knighten, Chicago suburb says:

    China Joe Gotta Go! His support of union workers is a lie and his policies are going to put union workers on the street without jobs with every EV sold! Green new deal is a China gold deal! Know the facts of what China Joe is doing to union workers and stop supporting Democrats ignorant policies for stupid EVs
    By 2030 because somebody gets greased palms.

  2. @carl. says:

    Oh wow… thanks so much for enlighting the unenlighted.. DUH

  3. Democrat Shame says:

    Union management threw auto workers under the EV bus. Management let that old con artist shame our American workers. He’s always been anti union except when he makes a show for votes, walks a picket line for two minutes to get photo shots, eats at a diner he wouldn’t take his multi millions to buy a cup of coffee. Democrats failing America. Change your vote next election and get rid of the dirty crooks ruining our country and economy. We’re worse off than four years ago. Own it because you did it by voting for Biden Harris and now we’re riding with Biden to hell in a dangerous and expensive Electric vehicle. Turn on the keystone pipeline and give us oil and gas independence and cheaper gas and oil prices. NO EV FOR ME

  4. Joe says:

    Hurrah for democracy in action as the Democrats and Republicans swamp spins itself into a dither that somebody challenged their status quo of inertia and back room butt slaps. Standing up for America are Republicans! Our heroes! Now get a new leader in place and sock it to the Democrats and Republicans business as usual.

    Media will spin this to be a disaster and Democrats will trash Republicans but it’s the opposite and learn to recognize it and know it.

  5. TKA, NV & Sedona visitor says:

    Hello Sedona Eye Editors this article is being shared with our contacts and because any opportunities to express ideas and feelings no matter what side you’re taking is important!

    Nevada has the 2nd highest gas price average in the COUNTRY. This is all thanks to radical California Dems and their war on oil. Nevada is dependent on Californian fuel, and at the mercy of the Democrats’ energy policies that are taking a wrecking ball to our economy.

    We need fearless leaders protecting everyday Americans at the pump, and in Nevada that’s Sam Brown because he has what it takes to push back against the Dems’ war on American energy independence, and to protect Nevada and Arizona from outrageous California mismanaged energy caused prices. Towns like Sedona can’t exist without inexpensive energy!

    We know times are tough under Biden’s economy and we’re all tired of paying outrageously high gas prices like in Sedona. If you have family and friends in Nevada ask them to vote for Sam Brown, an honest stand your ground man and find Arizona candidates who believe in energy independence and vote for them!

    Give us back our energy independence or these wars will never end for us! Your children and grandchildren shouldn’t have to pay with their lives for overseas oil when we have it for centuries to come here at home!

    Enjoying trails for couple days! TKA (deleted by editor)

  6. @nevada says:

    Wow you must be a lot of fun…Came all the way to Sedona to write a post in SE..
    Good for you

  7. TKA says:

    TYSE original

  8. Owen says:

    Notice how gas prices are being artificially lowered? Ask yourselves why? Follow the money and who is depositing checks from whom?

  9. @Owen says:

    All you have to do is follow OPEC and you will see why oil prices fluctuate! Barrels produced, an and refinery capacity. Its not a deep state secret.

  10. Owen says:

    REPLYING Americans crave social media and advertising and headlines and television news rather than reading, and believe journalism standards and truth and transparency are elevated key factors. Naïveté is comforting and encouraging.

  11. Grant says:

    Trump vows on day one to turn pipeline back on and to fully fund border security and needs to stop illegal crossings. After that he says it’s up to the people what to do.

  12. JHY says:

    Sedona won’t exist if we lose our nation.

    A COORDINATED POLITICAL AMBUSH against our Supreme Court? That’s unAmerican! Our Supreme Court is constitutionally above politics and independent of elected and appointed officials including Presidents!
    – Don’t forget: Chuck Schumer went on live TV to say, “You won’t know what hit you!” to threaten Justices to not rule against Liberals! That’s unAmerican!
    – Don’t forget: Crazed anarchists protested and made threats in front of the personal homes of Supreme Court justices! That’s against the law, but DC didn’t enforce that law! That’s unAmerican!
    – Don’t forget: A dozen House Democrats called for the impeachment of a Supreme Court Justice because he’s a man and black. That’s unAmerican!
    – Don’t forget: Senate Democrats weighed official subpoenas for his personal black friends in order to threaten him! That’s unAmerican!
    – Don’t forget: The Media published a DEBUNKED hit piece against Justice Samuel Alito! That’s unAmerican!
    Listen, Democrats control the Senate and the White House. The ONLY thing standing in the way of Joe Biden having full control – and ramming through anything he for his underlings want is opposition in Congress. Our Supreme Court must follow the Constitution and not ANY party’s politics!

    It’s unAmerican for the media and social networks to run untruthful hit pieces, untruthful personal attacks, and downright lies to push their political agenda and that means no matter what party a registered voter chooses.

    This nation’s democracy needs an independent free press to protect us from tyranny. Look it up! We need an independent judiciary. Look it up! Power must learn to stay in its lane! That’s American!

  13. Blacks Didn’t Build Nation Built By MultiColours says:

    Black ~ African American ~ peoples ~ here in 1400s call themselves bi tri quad octo mulatto racial or cosmopolitan or Europeans of couloir ~ prefer this decade African Americans ridiculously as it diminishes their culture

  14. Coral says:

    fat chance

  15. Kay, Sedona says:

    Believe CNN says House Homeland Security Committee will convene its first impeachment hearing for Secretary of Homeland coming Wednesday?

    Serious questions need to be asked about millions of unknowns here under his watch and how many on global terror lists and other countries militaries like China and Pakistan and Iran and Russia?

  16. EFR says:

    Crazed anarchists and Hamas terrorist organizations here in America blocked entry and exit tunnels in NYC today. Only a few arrested. ONLY A FEW. When will criminals get treated like criminals in NY? When will the danger to our democracy this administration promotes by its policies and leadership stop?

  17. @Blacks says:

    Please shut up every time you post you show your racist tendencies.. really how stupid can you be?

  18. @JHY says:

    You really believe that people have a mind that’s a s sick as yours don’t you please get some help

  19. Owen says:

    MAYORKAS IMPEACHMENT HEARING HAPPENING NOW.
    You’re talking about loser Hunter rather than Mayorkas!’ Laughed out loud to see media owned by the Democrats in government show its true colors again and again to cover up a real issue with a sideshow.

  20. Esquires says:

    Hunter Biden waived his “who’s your daddy I’m gonna get out of jail free card” with an 8 minute show up for a lawful subpoena and then walkout with lawyer speaking how rotten our system of justice is, a diversionary media stunt to give a finger to Congress. Pays to have a justice system on your side feeding you the game regardless if you really are a loser … like in our sports and schools now … you know, the participation trophies mean the same as the winners. Hubris … look it up…

  21. Platinum says:

    republicans best for world peace and home security

  22. Anonymous says:

    So let me get this straight? You want Hunter to appear, yet you have a half dozen congress men who ignored their subpoenas?

    Go pound sand you uninformed hake!

    (Deleted by editor)

  23. Ms.Spears says:

    Hunter deserves no less than 10 years for abuse of privileged silver spoon fed by daddy lifestyle.

  24. @Spears says:

    Dear Ms. Spears, if you want that for a privet citizen, what should be the case for the 2 billion dollars Ivanka and Jared made weeks after leaving the White House staff?

    I will wait for your well thought out answer!

  25. George no jungle says:

    @spears lmao no logic to your “my guy can get billions but republican kids can’t” rants! bet you think Chelsea has brains for all those millions on her bank account balances lmao

  26. Platinum says:

    @platinum yes Republicans over Democrats
    #NO2024DEMOCRATS

  27. @George says:

    So you cant answer a simple question then? Got it your the usual uninformed uneducated republican who lives in a cute little bubble.
    Now go out in the real world and see the corruption you TV man just happens to ignore.Im used to people like you, and the world will be a better place when you are gone!

  28. Barnes Wilson Wears says:

    We have people running America that never grew up in America and don’t know our culture or history or how to live in a free society with personal responsibility
    and obeisance of one for all and all for one laws. Local Education is everything in a democracy. Btw nations that can’t protect their borders aren’t nations. Ask Scandinavia and Balkans and Ukraine
    and the former colonies of Russia and Soviet Union. GTG

  29. George no jungle says:

    Far left liberal NBC national newscast spent a segment of its valuable time on an actor recharged with something in Hollywood. That’s how badly Democrats in media do their jobs, an entire continent of millions of people with stories to be told and they cover an actor? They also cover Hunter Biden giving Congress a finger rather than the impeachment hearing of Myorkas happening same time? They don’t show us reality at the border or give coverage of schoolchildren given school days off to house law breakers? Stooges covering stooges to keep you and your children and nation stoopid. Biden Administration needs to go and the media needs to return to trying to be journalists and not propagandists and respect will follow. Answer enough.

  30. US oil Production says:

    Can’t believe that the US is producing more excess domestic oil then anytime in the past..Thnk You president Biden.

  31. Platinum says:

    #NODEMOCRATS2024

  32. Jason says:

    Any protestor over oil and gas use in Americas or Europe should be arrested and thrown in jail and key thrown away. When China and India and Venezuela and Russia change being the worlds greatest polluters, then give the rest of us a call to give a sh$t.

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