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I think its about the Oil Companies GREED along with the fact that George Walker Bush aka; (president????)is a kiss-*** agent of the Saudi families in Saudi Arabia, who he is indebted to.
Things will not change either till this so called Leader of the FREE WORLD and the most HATED PRESIDENT (69%disapproval) we have ever had is finally out of office. GOD BLESS AMERICA, and GOD BLESS the AMERICAN WORKER

WinkSemper Fi,(carry on Citizens!)
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It is GREED... it is Tornado season, there are thunderstorms in the area, it is close to SPRING BREAK, lots of people will be driving... but with all these things added together, they are fluxuating Gasoling prices, FOR GREED, just like the tobacco industry adjusted the nicotine in cigarettes...

They PLAN hikes in advance.... One station went from 2.14 to 2.21 in less than 24 hours... I asked them when they got the delivery of gas. I was told it was Wednesday... And I just told the manager that the gas still in the outside tanks were bought from the "OLD" prices and by him boing up 7 cents on what he had already paid for... it was gouging... (Bob Riley said no gouging, and that gougers would be prosecuted)

So now the question is not only WHY is the gas prices going up, but WHY our State gov't is not standing behind what they promised, and that was TO PROSECUTE GOUGING, and gouging is what is going on....

FAT CAT GETS FATTER... AT OUR EXPENSE!!!! Roll Eyes
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Originally posted by unclegus:
You are all corect, but the reason gas prices are going up is because they know we will buy it no matter what the price is!


EXACTLY!!! But what really tee's me off is that they pay XX DOLLARS per gallon for a Tanker, but change their prices daily... That Tanker Drop money never changed... so by those standards, it is considered GOUGING by law... or shall I say according to Gov. Riley... because HE is the one that said Gas Station's should be arrested and prosecuted for GOUGING.

There are people out there, always figuring out how much our vehicles are going to move the NEXT DAY, and figure their forumula and the actual station jumps up and runs and changes the prices...

It is GREED and a RIP OFF!!!! Anyone wanna throw up yet? lol
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Originally posted by Brentenman:
One word: Iran.

The recent and escalating crisis the world has with Iran is making oil prices go up.

Second, I also see a factor with Hugo Chavez and his leftist antics in Venezuela. He wants and has been nationalizing foreign interests in Venezuela of late.


The end of time must be around the corner 'cause I agree 100% with you on this one.
Per Scott Ritter (remember him- fired wepons inspector who couldn't find WMD in Iraq?),in an interview , the Military in Iraq uses about 1/2 million barrells / day just on the war in Iraq, plus the insurgents keep blowing up the pipelines slowing the flow of oil out of Iraq. in addition, we blew up their refineries, and are supplying them with gasoline, Last I heard they were paying $0.68/gal over there.
I haven't fact checked all that, and that interview was almost a year ago, but that's about what he said.
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Originally posted by bluesmann:
I know this a dumb question, but, darn did we have any major hurricanes that i don't know about, say darn reason I guess some insurance companies are hiking up their prices on home owners insurance, I guess it is about greed, and that is no sin, is it. http://www.gasbuddy.com/


It is not a dumb question, but since you asked, it is because they can, and due to the fact that demand is outstripping supply.

If you really want to know the details.
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Originally posted by Brentenman:
One word: Iran.

The recent and escalating crisis the world has with Iran is making oil prices go up.

Second, I also see a factor with Hugo Chavez and his leftist antics in Venezuela. He wants and has been nationalizing foreign interests in Venezuela of late.


Brentenman, you got this one right. it is because of the THREAT of violence in Iran, and it is precisely because of that threat.

The price of oil is totally dependent on supply and demand. The American threats on the stability of Iran create instability. Consumers of Oil seek secure supplies. US threats against Iran threaten that nation's ability to supply oil, and other producers are under pressure to replace that supply.

It works the same way any boycott works. If The Iranian supply is threatened, the Saudi Supply becomes more desireable, even though it is the same product. So Saudi Oil, which is limited by productive capacity comes under buying pressure. Iranian oil is being shunned. The result is an immediate spike in the cost of crude oil, and that translates into a price increase at the pumps.

YEP, I AM BLAMING GW BUSH, AND THE DOCTRINE OF DOMINATION FOR THE INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF GASOLINE, BUT, Brentenman, you are correct, the spike is because of the crisis in Iran.

I blame Bush/Cheney because THEY ARE THE DESTABILIZING FORCE.
The state of Kansas, not famous for Oil and Gas Production is an interesting study because it is an oil producing state. Production in almost every county increased in 2001, many of the counties that produce oil and gas saw production increase by a million bbls in that year. INCREASED PRICES MAKE MANY SUPPLIES PROFITABLE.
The data is available from KGS Energy Resources. When you pay more for gasoline, ENERGY COMPANIES MAKE MORE PROFIT. More Profit means more production, exploration and supply.

WHEN PRICES RISE, DOMESTIC PRODUCERS INCREASE PRODUCTION FROM THEIR LESS PROFITABLE WELLS.

Threatening Foreign Producers, particularly those that are state owned, Like Iran and Venezuela, is good for domestic production.
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Originally posted by Brentenman:
One word: Iran.

The recent and escalating crisis the world has with Iran is making oil prices go up.

Second, I also see a factor with Hugo Chavez and his leftist antics in Venezuela. He wants and has been nationalizing foreign interests in Venezuela of late.




Insurance companies make huge profits and invest them in other projects. When they lose Insurance companies simply raise rates. Profits are the bottom line.

When oil man Bush came into office oil was around $20 dollars a barrel. After his attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq, it rose to $60 a barrel and for a while was even higher, "Mission Accomplished." They again rose last summer when Israel, as part of Bush's Mideast wars against Iran and Syria, encouraged Israel to bomb and invaded Lebanon.

If he attacks Iran it will no doubt go even higher. Meanwhile Exxon, Shell and other Oil Corporations are posting record profits. While America sends it's children to die for oil profits the companies are gauging us at the pump. Hey, but what about that Britteny Spears and the Anna Nicol Smith trial? And did you see American Idol?

One of the main reasons for the rise is the closing of refineries and reducing available oil stocks and forcing the price to be set by the Spot Market," which reacts to world events.

Corporations still run and profit off Venezuelan oil and resources, they just pay a higher and fairer royalty to the government. Nationalizing utilities is merely having the state run projects for the benefit of society and taking the profits and spending them on the people. IMF and World Bank policies of privatization and corporate globalization have been a disaster for Latin America and every other place in the world. Nowhere has it benefited the country, only the multinational corporations. As it is now devastating America. Wait until some foreign corporation grows luxury food in America for foreign markets while US food prices go through the roof. Same with water and all utilities and resources.
Be warned: gasoline/petrol will not be the ONLY thing effected by higher prices. Petrochemicals are used to make: plastics, nylon, pharmacuticals, etc. When the cost of oil goes up, not only gasoline goes up, about 95% of the products you use everyday go up, and are effected by this.

So, to the tree-hugging, "no blood for oil" crowd (who still drive automobiles...I have yet to see a tree-hugger give up their vehicle), it is NOT just about gas, but about 95% of the products a person uses on a day to day basis.
For those on here who say its Bush's fault gas prices are high. What was your excuse when Carter was in president and oil ang gas proces went out the roof? Just exactly how do you expect the president to control gas prices? The last I heard we still have a free market economy. Unclegus is right, as long as we keep buying it the prices will stay the same. If the lib tree huggers would let us drill domesticly and build new refineries the prices would go down.
During the 1990's GM marketed an all electric car and offered it for lease in the California market. After, the leases went off during the 2000's, GM refused to re-lease, or sell, and destroyed the all electric cars.
From what I have heard, most people who had these cars loved them. A movie (which I haven't seen but saw an interview about on TV) was made called "Who Killed The Electric Car".

Makes you wonder if an administration that was eco-friendly may have encouraged electric vehicles, and an administration that is corrupt and pro-oil-industry may have had something to do with the demise of that technology.

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