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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:22 PM Original message |
Why gas is so expensive, when oil isn't |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Consumers don't buy crude oil, they buy gasoline: there, there's the answer. |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well... |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Conspiracy theories belong in the Dungeon. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. and of course you can prove it's a conspiracy theory, yes? |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No more than you have proven it isn't. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. ...to line their fatass republicon pockets with mammon |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I would hardly describe myself to be clueless on this topic considering |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Ahhh, now we see where you get your so-called 'clues' from |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Excellent rebuttal. Congratulations. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. IMF? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. the price of wheat is currently high due to speculation. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So, you're saying they are illegally bidding up the price of wheat? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. It's not a conspiracy theory. Look at the facts and there is ample evidence to |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. To keep the speculators happy |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think it is payback from big oil for badmouthing them |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. And how would oil companies succesfully control the price of oil? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. By bidding the price up in the commodities market. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. If that were true, it would be cheapest in Oklahoma... |
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