Oil Prices ARE Determined in the World Market #3456: It is Not Just Something that President Obama Says

A NYT article on President Obama's proposals for increasing the tax credits for buying cars powered by alternative fuels concluded by quoting President Obama's statements that gas prices are determined by the world market and will be little affected by increased U.S. production of oil. This is also something that happens to be true.

U.S. oil production is around 9 percent of world production. Even very large increases in U.S. production would have only a minimal effect on world oil prices...