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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:29 PM Original message |
Record gas prices + record gas profits = BULLSHIT! |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. It just went up 12 cents in two days |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. ...and I'm taking a cross country trip in mid June. |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. 26 cents in 8 days here. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yea, but Clinton didn't have an energy plan.... |
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anotherCTliberal (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
43. Does anything go down when Repukes are in office? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. I had to stop MrUP yesterday about gas prices. |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. And the media tells us every week why the prices are going up |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yea, it cost a lot of money switiching over to summer blends.. |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. No, people are using more A/C due to the global warming caused by the early switch to daylight |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. It's environmentalists' fault, I've read that all over the internets in |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is no longer supply and demand. This is screwing the customer. |
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A wise Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. They'll give the public any excuse |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Trouble at the refineries |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It is just a bunch of bullshit what they feed us about gas prices. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Bartcop's First Law states something like |
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PreacherCasey (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. What like Enron shutting down power plants out West to drive down supply and then magically |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Hi Cant trust em!! |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Wow. That's polite. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. San Diego is now the highest in the nation |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. They don't even bother to pretend the bullshit is anything other than |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Your point just about sums it up! |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It costs a lot in gas to transport the gas. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's economics |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Where's the study on high gas prices decreasing consumption? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The problem is that it takes large price increases to decrease consumption |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. So it's basically Big Oil tough love? |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. Peak oil overlayed with lack of redundancy in refinery capacity |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. I paid $3.19/gal for reg here in CT |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Forget it, Jake. It's Bushtown.... |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Isn't it all Venezuela's fault? It has to be true; I heard it on CNN yesterday. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. And we are providing the access to it |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yeah, but as an Industry WE operate at such thin margins... |
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robbyrob79 (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think a big part of it is |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Can someone explain again why windfall profit taxes are a bad idea? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. Gas priced SURGED? |
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Mr. Ected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. We Need Another National Election |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. But what is the profit margin? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. About 10.64% net margin for Q1 2007, as compared to 9.44% in Q1 2006. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. 50% tax on the profit? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. What is their incentive to fix those refining 'problems'????? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Record Prices + Record Profits = Rigged Market |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. That's it. My next car will be a Prius. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. If only Clinton's Penis had not closed down all those refineries... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Now that we have a Texas Oil President, watch the gas prices drop.. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. Greed and price gouging! Why isn't Congress looking into this? |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
46. Looks like the average price will breach the post Katrina high of $3.08 |
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