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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 1608726" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>oh please... you are going back to the assumption everyone assumes Oil companies are evil. </p><p></p><p>oil companies are no different than any other company, except their product is a commodity. meaning it would be very difficult if not impossible for society to operate in it's current form without oil based fuels. </p><p></p><p>especially due to oil companies strategic position, the busted up remnants of Standard Oil should have NEVER been allowed to merge back together. they recognized this back in early 1900 when Standard oil was busted up to prevent the exact same thing that's happened to America and the world. </p><p></p><p>Clinton started it by giving BP/Amoco the go ahead to merge. that MEGA merger was finalized under Bush. then the flood gates of MEGA MERGERS opened under Bush. Ma Bell was allowed to rejoin again to form the new AT&T. Conoco/Phillips, Chevron/Texaco, etc, etc. </p><p></p><p>Former rules preventing any one entity from owning too many news outlets in any one geographic zone was canned. result was MASS consolidation of ownership of news media in a very few hands. ever wonder why the news is homogenized ... small wonder when it's all owned by the same folks. </p><p></p><p>want lower fuel prices.. it's very simple... break up the MEGA GIANTS ... that's the only way we will ever see lower prices ever again. a tiny number MEGA GIANTS control 90%+ of all petroleum products in the USA. </p><p></p><p>that's why we have $3.75 gal fuel with $85 barrel oil.... supply and demand has had nothing to do with what we pay for fuel for several years now. Oil companies charge what the market will bear. not because they are evil... they do it because they can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 1608726, member: 7629"] oh please... you are going back to the assumption everyone assumes Oil companies are evil. oil companies are no different than any other company, except their product is a commodity. meaning it would be very difficult if not impossible for society to operate in it's current form without oil based fuels. especially due to oil companies strategic position, the busted up remnants of Standard Oil should have NEVER been allowed to merge back together. they recognized this back in early 1900 when Standard oil was busted up to prevent the exact same thing that's happened to America and the world. Clinton started it by giving BP/Amoco the go ahead to merge. that MEGA merger was finalized under Bush. then the flood gates of MEGA MERGERS opened under Bush. Ma Bell was allowed to rejoin again to form the new AT&T. Conoco/Phillips, Chevron/Texaco, etc, etc. Former rules preventing any one entity from owning too many news outlets in any one geographic zone was canned. result was MASS consolidation of ownership of news media in a very few hands. ever wonder why the news is homogenized ... small wonder when it's all owned by the same folks. want lower fuel prices.. it's very simple... break up the MEGA GIANTS ... that's the only way we will ever see lower prices ever again. a tiny number MEGA GIANTS control 90%+ of all petroleum products in the USA. that's why we have $3.75 gal fuel with $85 barrel oil.... supply and demand has had nothing to do with what we pay for fuel for several years now. Oil companies charge what the market will bear. not because they are evil... they do it because they can. [/QUOTE]
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