Do big oil profits reduce global warming? Ridiculous question right?
But we do know that high gasoline prices cause people to drive less and buy more fuel efficient cars.
Therefore, high prices are good for global warming?
Maybe we can convince Al Gore to use less?

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Interesting that everyone who answered didn%26#039;t take issue with the relationship of oil consumption to GW. Although it increases CO2, it hasn%26#039;t been proven that CO2 is the cause of GW.
Big oil refers to the oil producing countries, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Venezuella, et al. not the American oil companies who Obama wants to tax out of existance.

%26quot;Yes, I%26#039;d say that sums up the whole Republican philosophy in a nutshell. In their opinion there%26#039;s no need to look for alternative energy sources because the problem will go away when we%26#039;re all bankrupt and no one can afford to drive a car any more.%26quot;

I think concernedcitizen belongs in a nutshell.

No--that%26#039;s a %26quot;let them eat cake%26quot; idea that people in a bad economy with inflation and high gas prices can suddenly afford to by another, more expensive hybrid car. Higher gas prices just causes people to have less to eat have to foreclose on their homes, and other basic sacrifices to their quality of life. They still have to work and they still need gas--whether directly to get to work, or indirectly with the food and basic necessities that they need to buy (goods that require fuel to be transported); or for most, both.

Yeah I think so.........

first off, there is no such thing as BIG OIL. Do you realize Exxon controls less than 1% of all the oil?

As for profits, again exxon makes less profit than google or Yahoo.