Did you see the news article about how China's hoarding of gasoline and diesel has driven up gas prices?

China is also building more coal fired electrical plants to keep up with it's electricity needs. China is fast becoming a much bigger polluter than the US. Followed close behind by India.

China doesn't care at all about global warming. They are just going to keep going on until THEY become the world's superpower.

If that is what the report said, it was wrong. The issue is that China is suspected of hoarding oil, which if true could be partly responsible for the rise in oil prices, and by extension gasoline prices. However, if China were hoarding gasoline and diesel, as you claim the report said, it would have no bearing on the world price of oil, and certainly no bearing on the price of gasoline in the US.

One of the things that the Chinese people were complaining about was that the hoarding of oil, gasoline, diesel, etc., was causing an increase in the price IN CHINA, and also leading to shortages.

You expressed worry that something occurring in China could "control" the economy in the US. If China is hoarding oil it's not "controlling" the US economy, but it is influencing it. That is the way things work with a global commodity. Do you think the actions of the US in invading Iraq, with the second-largest oil reserves in the world, did not have an effect on the economy, not just of the US, but of the rest of the world, as well? Of course it did.

This is this type of farce. If the army could simply get the oil fields and the refineries secured, they would refill there and avoid wasting coins. (What Iraqi would item?) That stated, I'm certain it makes use of plenty of gasoline, and is helping force up expenses. But do not forget, we additionally use gasoline in Afghanistan and the logistics there are rotten. It's all a funny story.

Scary. How about the price of oil going down for 3 straight days after President Bush announced lifting the ban on oil drilling on the Continental shelf. Just the threat that the US would drill has dropped the price of oil. Imagine if we actually drill..

It's all part of going to a global economy. It's not just china, it's several places like India as well. Be prepared to see the samething from Russia soon.

why blame the chinese, america is hoarding more oil than all nations on earth put together.

i didn't see this particular article but i am aware of the situation, and yes, it is very frightening.