National speed limit pushed as gas saver

Driving 55 sounds good on paper and makes a good political speech if your trying to get votes from senior citizens but the reality is no one drives 55 it is un-enforceable always was and always will be. What will happen is law abiding citizens will all the sudden be charged with new speeding violations which puts more money into the local governments pocket and also creates more cash flow for the car insurance industry…Senator Warner rides in a chauffeur driven limo and I’m sure he is not concerned to much with the price of gas because he can afford gas no matter what the price…as most politicians can….the drive 55 measure will not counter the price of gas because it is based on the price of a barrel of oil not the speed limit…also there is not a shortage of gas because not one gas station in the USA right now that is out ..There are no lines at the pump…so driving 55 should be a personal choice not one prompted by the rich and famous…and pompous…don’t be fooled by political promises this close to election time..anything the government would do to try and help gas prices would fail …Even the new political slogan to drill for more oil in Alaska and many off shore places in the USA right now would not change the price of gas one penny >>>”WHY” well for one thing once we let the oil companies invest their money into drilling lots of new wells on our pristine park lands means they are not interested in helping farmer John fill up his suv truck with $2 a gallon gas..That is not profitable what is profitable is selling the said oil which is now a global commodity to Asian markets for $143 a barrel..That’s right the newly drilled oil would just become another source of income for mega oil companies and their shareholders (Only a small percentage maybe like 3 0r 4% of Alaskan oil is used in the US it is sold to Asian markets)…Now even if we built 5 or 6 more new refineries (which were not at the moment) it wouldn’t change a thing because they would only be refining gas from oil at the current price of $143 barrel..Many toes would have to be stepped on to change the current system to make the oil more affordable to the American public…”not going to happen“ oil companies own many politicians and they are not going to mess with the feeding trough…we can’t live in a capitalistic society and then all the sudden take over all the oil in the USA and sell it only to USA companies to be used in the USA…nope just a pipe dream….so you see all the speeches in the world from all the new candidates are just empty promises of great things to come when you elect them… nothing will change and if it did it will be very slow in the mean time keep your wallet open cause gas prices are not coming down only going up …so vote for your favorite candidate but ask them the right questions don’t believe lies and bull sh_t that I am seeing and hearing on the tv news…every time I hear them talk about drilling new oil wells makes me want to puke what a pretentious lie they are telling us…Also I think hybrid cars are a good start to help on the issue of gas efficiency but not gas prices and why make cars that will do 80 mph to 125 mph then say hey you can only drive 55 come on let’s get real here…
But thank you for letting me rant on your forum free speech is still alive and well in the USA.