Bush an Oil Tycoon, or a President?

Unit 5302 · 05-21-2001, 10:09 PM

Since I slipped and hit the clear fields on my giganto reply.

Oil companies are posting ALL TIME RECORD PROFIT's in what has been a slowing economy. This right after a huge merger in the industry.

It was found last fall that there was no reasonable explaination for fuel costs being so high. Our legislature also found no immediate need to intervene with a price gouging suit. Gas prices dropped almost immediately by $0.20 to $0.30 a gallon. They were right back to where they were a few weeks later.

There are 3 refinery's in the midwest that were shutdown unexpectedly along with a 4th that was producing bad gas. (Not Taco Bell)

CA blackouts have little to do with natural supply and demand. They have more to do with the power companies going under and not making their loans because they were forced into charging a certain amount by the Government.

Drilling for American reserves helps American oil companies. Are you really sure you want to argue that? It also allow us to control the price of our oil a little as well. I won't argue that.

Fuel is the cheapest for the US because we buy the most. It's like shopping at Wal Mart vs Snyders. I really hate that stupid comparision. Gas is cheapest in the US so we shouldn't complain. What an absolutely skewed comment. Would you like to compare our useage to another country? Maybe we should all be spazzing out because the US has crap for mass transit? Oh, wait, that's because most places in the US don't have similar population density's as the country's you are comparing us to. Say former West Germany, which is about the same size as MN and WI, but it's population was over 60 million. Comparing us to other countries is like comparing a Model T to an F360 Modena.

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05-21-2001, 10:09 PM	#31
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Since I slipped and hit the clear fields on my giganto reply. Oil companies are posting ALL TIME RECORD PROFIT's in what has been a slowing economy. This right after a huge merger in the industry. It was found last fall that there was no reasonable explaination for fuel costs being so high. Our legislature also found no immediate need to intervene with a price gouging suit. Gas prices dropped almost immediately by $0.20 to $0.30 a gallon. They were right back to where they were a few weeks later. There are 3 refinery's in the midwest that were shutdown unexpectedly along with a 4th that was producing bad gas. (Not Taco Bell) CA blackouts have little to do with natural supply and demand. They have more to do with the power companies going under and not making their loans because they were forced into charging a certain amount by the Government. Drilling for American reserves helps American oil companies. Are you really sure you want to argue that? It also allow us to control the price of our oil a little as well. I won't argue that. Fuel is the cheapest for the US because we buy the most. It's like shopping at Wal Mart vs Snyders. I really hate that stupid comparision. Gas is cheapest in the US so we shouldn't complain. What an absolutely skewed comment. Would you like to compare our useage to another country? Maybe we should all be spazzing out because the US has crap for mass transit? Oh, wait, that's because most places in the US don't have similar population density's as the country's you are comparing us to. Say former West Germany, which is about the same size as MN and WI, but it's population was over 60 million. Comparing us to other countries is like comparing a Model T to an F360 Modena.