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They have
gone through the roof. And the oil companies claim they can't help it. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, usually
regarding such things as a waste of time except for the laugh many give me. However, consider this.
Gas prices
have risen 85% in the past 5 years.
Gas Prises have risen 43% since January.
The oil companies blame it on
shortages. But there is still plenty of gas. When was the last time you had to wait to buy gas because somebody was
out of gas to sell? Consumption has not gone down but there are no shortages. OPEC is still producing the same
amount or more of petroleum as five years ago and not charging enough more to cause fuel prices to be so high.
At the same time, the oil companies are showing record setting profits. I know as I am a stock holder in a couple
of them. The truth is that it is not costing the oil companies much if any more to produce a gallon of gas as
opposed to the begining of the year. But they are charging a lot more claiming that maintenance issues have cut
supply. If there are maintenance issues isn;'t that the fault of management? And shouldn't the company eat that
cost resulting from self inflicted maintenance issues instead of using it to boost profits?
Please, don't
believe what I am saying here. Check into it yourselves. Then, if it is true, contact your elected representatives
and let them know you are unhappy about it.
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