What you can do to fight the rising costs of fuel oil...

Make Your Voice Heard!

The cost of energy in all its forms has reached near record levels. But, while we're still reeling from unprecedented worldwide increases in demand; slowed, insufficient production; and instability in the Middle East and the Gulf, one of the biggest culprits of this year's energy prices are unregulated futures traded on the global commodities markets.

Nearly all of the petroleum, natural gas and electricity sold in the U.S. are traded on these markets, and these contracts are supposed to be overseen by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). "Supposed to be" ... but maybe not. The majority of these trades fall under the "Enron Loophole" which exempts from governmental oversight electronic trading of energy commodities by large traders. Just as Enron manipulated the electricity market in California ... just as Amaranth is under investigation for similar alleged abuses in the natural gas market ... traders are manipulating the cost of Oilheat to unnatural and unfounded heights. It's time to stop allowing speculators to play with our energy prices!

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