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<blockquote data-quote="Talacker" data-source="post: 1425647" data-attributes="member: 4618"><p>This is such BS. Oil is a commodity and is traded on a global marketplace. Most of the world's oil is controlled by non-western state owned entities. The western oil companies have no more control of the price of oil than a farmer has on the price of wheat. </p><p></p><p>Do you know what it takes to get a gallon of gas in your tank. Companies must first spend billions of dollars on research and exploration to find the oil. It then has to be drilled out of the earth, often miles and miles below the surface. Most often in God-forsaken corners of the earth. It must be transported at great cost (big ships and pipeline systems are not cheap) thousands of miles to a refinery - again not cheap to build and operate. Once it has been refined it must be again transported to the consumer, on nearly every street corner for your convenience. All of this, and it is still cheaper than bottled tap water.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Talacker, post: 1425647, member: 4618"] This is such BS. Oil is a commodity and is traded on a global marketplace. Most of the world's oil is controlled by non-western state owned entities. The western oil companies have no more control of the price of oil than a farmer has on the price of wheat. Do you know what it takes to get a gallon of gas in your tank. Companies must first spend billions of dollars on research and exploration to find the oil. It then has to be drilled out of the earth, often miles and miles below the surface. Most often in God-forsaken corners of the earth. It must be transported at great cost (big ships and pipeline systems are not cheap) thousands of miles to a refinery - again not cheap to build and operate. Once it has been refined it must be again transported to the consumer, on nearly every street corner for your convenience. All of this, and it is still cheaper than bottled tap water. [/QUOTE]
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