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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOur gas increased another 30 cents this morning.
Our gas in less than a week has increased around 90 cents.
Thanks dingbat Donnie and whiskey Pete.
SamuelTheThird
(919 posts)So this is just starting
Attilatheblond
(8,693 posts)Have learned WAY more than I ever wanted to know about the fossil fuel industries from his short videos.
Klarkashton
(5,205 posts)Get blown up.
Norbert
(7,707 posts)kysrsoze
(6,435 posts)We're being scammed yet again, by the oil industry.
Klarkashton
(5,205 posts)It's a commodity/ investment. Whatever they have in the storage tank is is whatever the current price is no matter what they paid for it.
wishstar
(5,819 posts)Many studies and reports have documented this phenomenon that the industry tries to defend with various explanations that aren't very convincing as to why prices jump up so much faster than they fall back.
Klarkashton
(5,205 posts)The commodity thing only counts on the way up.
Bengus81
(10,078 posts)prices are now,that will come later. They jack them up immediately for one reason GREED.
Klarkashton
(5,205 posts)Tangible futures. It's worth what it's worth right now no matter what they paid for it in the past.
It's capitalism. Capitalism = greed.