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If a falling dollar makes oil more expensive, then you would think a gain of 50% would make oil cheaper, but it went up considerably between the mid 1990s and the early 2000s but for a brief dip under $20 during our short recession in 2001.

For sure a falling dollar makes importing oil more expensive but it is not the main reason oil is so expensive. Oil is going up because supply is limited and demand is growing. A falling dollar simply makes us less competitive bidding for oil against other contries that have growing economies with stronger currencies.

If we want lower energy prices, then we need to

• increase supply
  • Find more oil in other countries that are willing to ship it now
  • Drill where we know there is oil in the US such as ANWR and off the coast of California and Florida.
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• lower demand
  • drive more hybrids and PEVs,
  • drive less by combining trips and car pooling
  • take the bus
  • take vacations closer to home
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• Strengthen our currency so our dollars buy more relative to others currencies
  • Raise the Fed Funds Rate
  • Eliminate deficite spending
  • Grow our economy

None of these solutions are painless but we must do all or some of them unless we want to trasnsfer the great wealth our nation built in the past 200 years to others in a single generation.

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