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Re: OT: Shell, BP, Exxon

You might be right. Especially since they are saying it will go well past

200 dollars a barrel now.
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Don't Taze Me, Bro!
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It has already hit the roof when it comes to transportation of materials and goods in the US. The recent switch in diesel fuel has caused the cost of fuel to go from an average of 50c less the regular gas, to 50c a gallon more than premium. That cost lays at the feet of the environuts not the oil companies that must bare the cost of producing the stuff.

>> >> >>> >>>>> The only proof that anyone has offered against the oil companies is >>>>> that they are making large profits. Apparently the simply minded feel >>>>> that large profits, regardless of the volume sold, proves criminality. >>> >>> >>> >>>Doubling your profits while people are scrapping to get by is dubious. >>>That >>>is why I asked you to express your thoughts. >>> >>>Do you feel that if a natural disaster of any type were to suddenly >>>devistate your area, that people should be able to raise the cost of >>>their >>>products and double or tripple their profits off of your misfortune? Just >>>currious! >>> >> Oil companies aren't making profits from peoples misfortunes. >> >> They are not the guys that were selling Ice in Florida after a >> hurricane for $10 a bag. >> >> The price of a gallon of gas may have gone up over a dollar in the >> last year but the amount of profit per gallon taken by "big oil" >> remains the same as it was before. >> Oil companies are making huge profits because the world is buying a >> shitload of gasoline and also buying a shitload of petrochemical >> products in general. >> >> To be honest if Big Oil were to actually behave the same as any other >> business including little mom and pop types we would already be seeing >> $6 a gallon gas. If the oil companies followed the same rules as most >> folks in regards to maximizing profit based on supply, demand and what >> the market will bare then people would really be having strokes at the >> pump. >> Compared to virtually every other commodity on the market Big oil has >> actually been fairly restrained in their pricing in regards to what >> they could actually charge and get if they really wanted to. > > AHEM, I am for drilling in ANWR. I am for drilling in the great lakes. I > am for drilling on all the coast. I am for using our own resources as > well. I am for also helping energy companies re-emerge with new sources or > renewable energy so that they don't simply die when oil is no longer used > at the rate it is being used. > > However, I am not for letting companies take advantage of people. The > price of gasoline may not be affecting your life. You may be well off. You > may be sitting at a cushy desk in your home or place of work and enjoying > the windfall of those profits. However, many people are struggling. Many > small businesses are struggling. The price of shipping has literally sky > rockets. All companies have had to raise prices to meet demand on > everything from coffee to baby clothes. This is not a tiny infliction. If > you think it is, then the shit storm will soon hit your desk and your > cushy seat will not be so cushy anymore. > >
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Mike hunt

It has to do with the supply and demand. Fuel oil for heating is also higher than gasoline.

Can you tell us how much the costs are that the oil companies bare?

Jeff

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Jeff

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Mike hunt

What does your stupid comment have to do with the conversation?

The average price for heating oil was about $3.70 in the US in March,

2008. In March, 2008, the average price for diesel was about $3.60.

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So what does this have to do with the cost of the conversion that the oil companies bare?

Jeff

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Jeff

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