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What Can Be Done About High Gas Prices?
Daniel J. Weiss explains why oil prices are so high and why conservative solutions like offshore drilling and the Keystone XL pipeline are misguided.
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Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Daniel J. Weiss explains why oil prices are so high and why conservative solutions like offshore drilling and the Keystone XL pipeline are misguided.
(transcript, mp4, YouTube)
See also:
- Time for the Oil Reserves? by Daniel J. Weiss
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