"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:33:10 -0800, Calif Bill penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:


"HK" wrote in message
m...
Tim wrote:
But don't we all...


http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/07/news...ices/index.htm


You don't like being taken to the cleaners as a result of a "secret"
national energy policy and collusion between "big oil" and the Arab
states?


Also the fact that the NIMBY's will not let new oil refineries be built.
That the refineries can not find enough Certified Welders to do the
upgrades
needed. Maybe we need to ****can the teachers unions and administrators
that think all students should be College Prep track.

You need to do a bit of fact checking. The oil companies, themselves,
have decreased the number of refineries. Check and see how many there
were 30 years ago and see how many we have, now.

Bean counters know that you can enhance profits by *artificially
creating* a higher demand. Add that to a demand that *is* increasing
and you have $3/gal. gasoline.

And here's another one..... why is diesel fuel $3.50?

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I agree. In this city two of the three oil refineries shut down and
dismantled in the last 20 years.