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well at one time it was called compatition and gas wars was on to get your dollar at the pump charging the lowest price.
then came rich people, they invested in the oil companies enough to get elected on the board.
then the rich people figured out that their invested in all oil companies and at war with them selves, so they ended the gas war and started charging the same price for gas no matter where you went to fill up.
that is when the compatition formed a union, that is why it was stated they all pay the same price so they all charge the same price.
but it was listed witch company did not buy forgeon oil, even though oil was going for 150 a barrel from over seas, sweet texas crude was selling for much lower, but the company was charging the same price at the pump as the rest that bought from over seas.

i will give an example, on one hand we have the energizer bunny, on the other we have deracell the copper top, both are in compatition with each other.
but then again it is all one company because one owns the other.

the oil companies are the same way, when a company sells stock, and a group gets controling intrest of the stock, in a way they own the company.
when the same group gets controling intrest in all oil companies, their is no more compatition between them, in a way a union has been formed by owner ship of stock holders.

 

The majority of oil companies profits ARE NOT from Gasoline! Gas is the byproduct of refinery and before the invention of the internal combustion engine was waste. Do a quick GOOGLE of gas yield per barrel of oil. Think of all the products we use on a daily basis the contain petroleum? It's shocking to see how many industries and products are reliant on the oil business. Taxes per gallon are another big issue, look up how much you pay in your state/locality in taxes on gas. Oil companies just like any other business are in business to make a profit, be it Exxon, Wal-mart or the corner mom-n-pop burger joint. Publically traded companies owe it to there shareholders to make profits and small business owners have to to survive. If you are in a company 401k,IRA, Mutual fund etc.... Than you more than likely also own some amount of stock in an oil company. So see we are all to blame in some manner or another for price at the pump. It's not justs "Big Oil" it's Greed that controls this country and it's economy and when the bubble bursts as it recently has everyone starts pointing fingers at who's to blame and the truth is we are all to blame! That's my .02 and accept my responsibility for part.

 

amen brotha, hal a lue AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaa.
i drink beer, so i buy stock in my beer company, the beer company sends me a check for divadens earned by my stock, so i cash my check to buy more beer to drink.
it is cycle of hell but it taste dame good ice cold.

 

Well that's pretty much how it works. Let the oil business go through what the housing/banking market is right now and see where it put's everyday folks like us.

On another note, if you had invested 1000 in Delta airlines a year ago today you would have $16 bucks, In Merril Lynch $5 bucks, in Lerman you'd have nothing. If you took that same 1000 and bought beer and drank it and recycled the bottles and cans? $214 and a bunch of nights you can't remember

 

Nothing like some bad math going around in an e-mail to get a day started. About 28 cans equal a pound of aluminum. The last I saw (about a week ago in my area) aluminum was going for about 40 cents a pound. Let's say 30 beers cost $20 (to keep the math nice and round). $1000 = 1500 beers = ~53.5 pounds of aluminum = $21.40. If you live in a state that gets 5 cents a can it'll basically be double. Math like you see in e-mails is the reason our country fiscally sucks.

 

Not from a e-mail. Admitted it was qouted from a media source. Aluminum was .70 a pound in my area last I sold some about 2 months ago. Also I would take into thought that some states have a glass bottle recycling program. My attempt was also just to make a point as to the state of our current economy.

 

the tankers that are off shore are from other countries. they could be waitin for the price in the U.S. to go up to make more off of it, or they could be waiting for room to store it, never know. You can thank your local tree huggers for the price of diesel for going up, supposed to be more invironmentaly friendly, go give em a friendly hug. We get hit everywhere for the high oil price because oil is used in alot more than fuel

 

a Can is not just aluminum, it also contains copper.
if you think about it 1 pound is not that much.
the price on cans has always been inbetween copper and aluminum.