"L Alpert" wrote in news:AvKdnUTCW9PxoITeRVn- snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:
Not necessarily. It's just that in this case prices are as low as they can go without exposing the industry to possible destruction.
Various governments have already investigated the oil companies many times over the years, and have failed to find ANY evidence of collusion at all.
Yeah, I know what the conspiracy theorists are going to say, "But the oil industry has the government in its pocket!". The shenanigans of self- appointed crusaders like Eliot Spitzer ought to put that silly notion to bed.