Gas-out? (Not my post...)

Hachiroku · 2005-08-27T18:04:55+00:00

NOTE: Not my screaming, I just copied and pasted. This was going fineuntil the OP brought up the Administration controlling gas prices. Seemsto me I remember Nixon doing this. Can anybody say, "Rubber Band"?IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES DID NOTPURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THEOIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NEt LOSSOF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OILCOMPANIES.THEREFORE Sept 10TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT TO THEMDAY" AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINETHAT DAY.THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO ASMANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.WAITING ON THIS ADMINISTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THEPRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION ANDCONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UPBUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKINGCOMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHINGTHAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICALSUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONEDAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD

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TeGGeRÂ® 20 years ago

Bruce L. Bergman wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

This is completely untrue. Exxon alone adds the equivalent of 2 to 3 new refineries a year by expanding exisitng facilities, and by improving efficiency at existing refineries.

What they CANNOT DO is open NEW refineries at NEW locations because of activists, environmental laws and NIMBY-neighbors.

THIS is the reason capacity is at 99%.

An increasing amount of refined gasoline (NOT crude oil) is shipped in by tanker from OPEC and other oil-producing countries. Refined gas is preferable to crude because of the refinery bottleneck. Unfortunately it also carries a higher price than crude.

Most of your solutions involve getting the government off everybody's backs, which is exactly what I was saying.

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Bruce L. Bergman 20 years ago

Probably a judge who holds a personal opinion against the initiative in question. And there are always political groups who can't stand to see the good money they used to BUY the politicians go to waste because an initiative overrode them, so they go judge shopping.

Ever wonder why the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is the most overturned appellate court in the USA?

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notmyrealname 20 years ago

I think it is no coincidence that ol W, Bush is was a oilman before he took office. Now his pals in the oil business are getting richer. pretty short line linking the two.

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Mark 20 years ago

pretty short line linking the two.

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Yeah, well there's a pretty empty space linking your eardrums too

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notmyrealname 20 years ago

hmmm, I don't recall insulting you. I can only hope that you're less useless in real life than your post suggests.

PLONK

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