Guardian: Oil is fuelling another battle in Washington. As domestic crude oil production gushes to multi-year highs, the president and his Republican opponents are battling over whether to end the 40-year-old ban on exporting US crude.
Republicans say the ban, which was enacted during the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s, and kept in place for years because US production was low, is a relic of another time. Many analysts agree to some extent.
We kept the ban in place because of peak oil worries, that...