Unfortunately, the oil companies have little say in the matter. They refine oil which they purchase largely overseas. Oil is a COMMODITY. Google that word, and read up on it.

The only way to really control the global price of oil would be to seize some of the production assets....

We could actually do this quite easily, since they tend to be in open geographic areas where our tactical mobility and hi-techs weapon systems excel, as opposed to urban environments.

We would have to take all of the fields in the middle east (easy pickings) plus Venezuela.

The rest of the world would not be happy, but no one would have the means to stop us or retake oil fields defended by mech, armor, and carrier strike groups.

You obviously have the political will to socialize the US oil companies, but do you have the peaches to do what it will REALLY take?

I think we should just work on developing and implementing alternative fuels and energy sources.