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On Stockpickr Answers lately, members of the Stockpickr community have been asking a lot of questions about oil, and Jim Cramer has been answering them.

Anybody can ask, respond or comment at Stockpickr Answers; the top responders get ranked in our "Top Analysts" section. Here are several questions involving oil that Cramer has answered over the past few weeks. (Note: You may have to scroll through several answers to see Cramer's.)

Is Tesoro (TSO) losing money hedging oil? How can that be?
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With carmakers getting crushed in recent years, who is best-positioned going forward to benefit from alternative-energy cars? We will always need transportation, so who will provide that best in the future?
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I want to start a long position with natural gas. What should I do? Petrohawk (HWK), Southwestern (SWN), U.S. Natural Gas (UNG), U.S. Heating Oil (UHN)?
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Why are energy stocks falling? Schlumberger (SLB), XTO (XTO), Apache (APA). Why aren’t they ripping with oil?
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In your opinion, does El Paso (EP) outshine Rex Energy (REXX) given the
speculation in both?
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Cramer recently said that oil is not being driven up by speculators and that
the Saudis do not have the ability to produce any more oil. Why does he think this?
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With heating oil at $5 or higher this winter, many household are going to be looking
at ways to cut heating costs. What is the play? Insulation? Thermostats?
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Do you like Joy Global (JOYG) at this level?
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Even though it makes no sense, it's very likely that "green" stocks will rally
if Obama announces Gore as vice president. So what are your best green picks? Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE)? Energy Conversion Devices (ENER)?
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What's up with the insider selling at Southwestern Energy (SWN)? I bought SWN recently, and now I'm a bit concerned about this.
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For an archive of Jim Cramer's Stockpickr answers, go to www.stockpickr.com/answers/ and type "Jim Cramer" under "search for questions." Select "Username - Answered" from the dropdown menu at right, and click "search." The most recent questions will appear first.

(Editor's note: Cramer owns Southwestern, National Oilwell Varco, El Paso and XTO for his Action Alerts PLUS charitable trust.)