Comments on: Oil industry colluding on prices http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/oil-industry-colluding-on-prices/ Independent Post-9/11 News Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Wade W W http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/oil-industry-colluding-on-prices/#comment-79217 Wade W W Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:03:13 +0000 http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/?p=8134#comment-79217 On the flip side. What better way to ensure foreign and domestic corporations build and maintain manufacturing facilities in the United States to offset the cost of labor abroad by making it more expensive to ship product. There is always more than one reason and at least 50% truth. On the flip side. What better way to ensure foreign and domestic corporations build and maintain manufacturing facilities in the United States to offset the cost of labor abroad by making it more expensive to ship product. There is always more than one reason and at least 50% truth.

]]> By: wil http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/oil-industry-colluding-on-prices/#comment-78998 wil Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:51:03 +0000 http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/?p=8134#comment-78998 Business as usual--one way or the other--through the millenia-- Business as usual–one way or the other–through the millenia–

]]> By: thegtapatriot http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/oil-industry-colluding-on-prices/#comment-78992 thegtapatriot Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:15:55 +0000 http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/?p=8134#comment-78992 I guess all we can say is "Rip me off, I am Canadian"....If the government really wanted to do something about it, they would. And I am not talking about taxes. We need to end our "addition to oil". There must be a better way. I guess all we can say is “Rip me off, I am Canadian”….If the government really wanted to do something about it, they would. And I am not talking about taxes. We need to end our “addition to oil”. There must be a better way.

]]> By: Fact or Fiction—Obscene Gas Prices « Cynical Synapse http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/oil-industry-colluding-on-prices/#comment-78984 Fact or Fiction—Obscene Gas Prices « Cynical Synapse Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:54:26 +0000 http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/?p=8134#comment-78984 [...] prices jumped a whopping 85 cents! That’s truly obscene! Toronto consumers saw a meager 45 cent increase in anticipation of Ike’s effects. I bought gasoline Friday at $3.789 per gallon. By Saturday, [...] [...] prices jumped a whopping 85 cents! That’s truly obscene! Toronto consumers saw a meager 45 cent increase in anticipation of Ike’s effects. I bought gasoline Friday at $3.789 per gallon. By Saturday, [...]

]]> By: cynicalsynapse http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/oil-industry-colluding-on-prices/#comment-78983 cynicalsynapse Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:46:22 +0000 http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/?p=8134#comment-78983 Toronto's price increase equates to a 45 cents per gallon jump, which is truly <a href="http://cynicalsynapse.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/fact-or-fiction%E2%80%94obscene-gas-prices/" rel="nofollow">obscene</a>! I don't understand how pump prices can jump 20 or 30 cents for no apparent reason or without any allowance for distribution time. I think Mr. McKnight's comments are right on target. The oil companies like to blame the Middle East, but record profits show they're not innocent. Price increases in anticipation of Hurricane Ike is just the latest. Sadly, the average station owner/operator doesn't share in the wealth. A situation not unlike most pyramid schemes, eh? Toronto’s price increase equates to a 45 cents per gallon jump, which is truly obscene! I don’t understand how pump prices can jump 20 or 30 cents for no apparent reason or without any allowance for distribution time.

I think Mr. McKnight’s comments are right on target. The oil companies like to blame the Middle East, but record profits show they’re not innocent. Price increases in anticipation of Hurricane Ike is just the latest. Sadly, the average station owner/operator doesn’t share in the wealth. A situation not unlike most pyramid schemes, eh?

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