As an average middle class American, I have some questions I’d like answered:

Understanding and sympathizing with what’s happening in Ukraine, why is it that any time a crisis surfaces, American Big Oil and Corporate America double their profits? We only get a small amount of oil from Russia, so why can’t we simply buy more from our other sources? (Canada, Saudi Arabia, South America).

How is it that the price of gasoline – which has been in gas station tanks for weeks and cost 40 cents a gallon less than a day earlier – is immediately raised when the news breaks to “expect increases.”

We might understand new deliveries, but gas already in station tanks should not be affected. For that matter, those tanks in American oil ports are full. So, why the immediate extreme price increases for gas that has been in storage for months? Answer: Greed! They hope you don’t see this!

How is it that shipping and trucking costs are again raised, even though they never came down when gas prices came down?

Finally, we’ve had the technology in place for over 40 years to convert all of our cars and trucks to natural gas, propane, methane or hydrogen, conversions that would take one day with parts in place and would be a lot more affordable than buying an electric vehicle. It would create millions of jobs converting gas stations and auto repair shops, plus we could finally help our climate.

So, try to get an answer! I’ve been trying for 20 years. Good Luck!

Doug Davis
Windham

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