Buying a Liberty CRD

...naw if it came down to direct competition the oil industry would back off the squeeze and prices would drop. BTW, at least the oil companies are doing well this year, hell how could they not after jacking prices...

First quarter profits for some of the biggest oil companies: BP up 165 percent Chevron-Texaco up 294 percent Conoco-Phillips up 44 percent ExxonMobil up 125 percent Surging oil and gasoline prices pushed ChevronTexaco Corp. to record profits of $2.56 billion in its first quarter, easily topping Wall Street's expectations.

...Gareth

It appears I went waaaaay over your head.

Ah, the irony.

Readily accessible source. Click on Quarterly Data. Then look at Net Income.

Go to Google news, as I just did, and type in: oil company profits

Corporate earnings are public knowledge, reported in newspapers.

Take your pick of news media..

...and as for your crap about what consitutes a good profit...well thats just it, like it or not we are at war in a major oil producing country...that *should* affect profits in a negative way...the fact that the *major* oil companies are having record profits in this quarter seems to indicate that they are bending us over because they can.... I'm sure the fact they have a puppet in teh white house has absolutely nothing to do with it....and on the same note I'm sure the tooth fairy does exist. ;-))

...Gareth (bowing out before he takes the group any further off topic...andf bowing in obesience to the greater wisdom of the blind)

Bill,

Thanks for your concern about air pollution. The fact that diesel engine vehicles are currently passing emissions regulations (even in California) is to be ignored? I sell lots of Cummins and Powerstroke pickups here in Wyoming. Remarkable how clean they really are.

Loved the photos of you standing next to stinky diesel powered semis. Taken back in the sixties, right? We've come a long ways since your father's Oldsmobile had a diesel.

Best regards, Dave Rose Cactus Cowboy Big Wonderful Wyoming '49 Willys Pickup (parts truck) '62 Willys Pickup 4WD 226 '98 XJ Sport O|||||||O

Liar.

I saw the picture of you and your family with your Jeep. Nice ride. Too bad the driver sucks, though.

You are arguing that soot covered buildings come from diesel exhausts?

Someday you should read about coal.

What does that have to do with diesel engines?

Where will I find lots of diesels running on 'coal oil'?

If it is from crude, it isn't coal oil, except colloquially.

Do you actually think that diesels are the source of black buildings in cities?