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Why gas is $5.00/gal
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@mypacks.net says... Let's not forget that they are entitled to make a profit no matter how miserable the economy might be. Their costs are going up, way up. Our cost will go up also. The dollar continues to depreciate. That's a result of our fiscal policies and upside down balance of payments. A strong dollar would result in cheaper oil, and that is what we've been used to in the past. That's what, the fourth excuse Wayne has come up with the justify the rape of Americans by the oil companies. Your inability to comprehend basic business concepts is sad, very sad. I hope your twin diesels run on french fry oil. |
#83
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Why gas is $5.00/gal
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In , says... On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:25:30 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:41:35 -0400, Gene wrote: Holding a big inventory of oil in your tank farm is not without risk and it takes massive investments in time and money to build the infrastructure. Not surprisingly, the people who make those investments expect to earn a profit once in a while. "A profit once in a while.....?" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/business/01oil.html http://www.grist.org/article/2010-04...ution-while-am http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/29/news...xxon/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...anies/profits/ The oil companies and speculators are almost single-handedly preventing an economic recovery.... and they are being paid handsomely to do so..... and you are DEFENDING that? Incredible..... It's a very cyclical business and no one feels sorry for Exxon when they have stagnant growth, or even worse, when they fail to discover enough new oil to replace what they sold. Unfortunately that is what is happening. It is probably reasonable to assume that as their exploration and acquisition costs go up, and as their reserves go down, they will want a higher price for the product. In the interest of full disclosure, I own stock in both Exxon and Chevron-Texaco. Their annual reports make interesting reading and the future for energy prices is not good. Somehow, you are missing the reality that when Exxon loses money, the stockholders are ****ed..... when Exxon continues to make record profits in an otherwise miserable economy, they are sticking it to all of the users of gasoline.... one way or the other, the entire American population.... and to the entire American economy.... Don't buy their products if you don't like the way they do business. It must be nice to go through life uneducated and simpleminded, as you obviously are. |
#84
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In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says... Corporations are not, like any individual, entitled to commit treason with impunity.... no matter how important profit is, to some self centered investors... How unAmerican of you, Gene! :) Don't you believe in corporations über alles? I believe we need to "restructure" certain aspects of our society, and part of that restructuring should be how we handle leases to explore and drill for oil and natural gas. There's nothing sacred about for-profit corporations. That model isn't working anymore for us. It's milking the middle class dry and accelerating the transfer of wealth to the very rich. There are any number of oil-producing countries in which ownership of that asset is retained by the state, and the revenues used to finance the government. The problem here is that Americans have been brainwashed into thinking the price-fixing, for-profit private sector that dominates the energy business is the only way to do that sort of business. This collectivization thing was tried before and it failed miserable. Also, government control of all industry has failed miserable too. |
#85
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In articleHs6dnccI4r3x1yjQnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389 @mypacks.net says... Corporations are not, like any individual, entitled to commit treason with impunity.... no matter how important profit is, to some self centered investors... How unAmerican of you, Gene! :) Don't you believe in corporations über alles? I believe we need to "restructure" certain aspects of our society, and part of that restructuring should be how we handle leases to explore and drill for oil and natural gas. There's nothing sacred about for-profit corporations. That model isn't working anymore for us. It's milking the middle class dry and accelerating the transfer of wealth to the very rich. There are any number of oil-producing countries in which ownership of that asset is retained by the state, and the revenues used to finance the government. The problem here is that Americans have been brainwashed into thinking the price-fixing, for-profit private sector that dominates the energy business is the only way to do that sort of business. This collectivization thing was tried before and it failed miserable. Also, government control of all industry has failed miserable too. Again, lack of education and deficits in your knowledge base of "current events" have done you in. As I stated, "There are any number of oil-producing countries in which ownership of that asset is retained by the state, and the revenues used to finance the government." I'm not talking about the failed Communist states here, Bertie. But you think I am. |
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#87
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@mypacks.net says... BAR wrote: In article8tqdned7uv_i2ynQnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389 @mypacks.net says... Wayne B wrote: On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:36:48 -0400, Gene wrote: uh no. it's speculators. they caused a similar run up under the white guy who preceded the guy you hate because he's black Damn speculators. Why aren't more people doing it? Let's go halves on a tanker load and resell it on EBAY. Anybody else want in on the deal? We're going to need a dock, tank farm, distribution network, trucks, pipelines and a whole sh*t load of permits. With some help from Wall Street we can probably get 90 day financing. Sorry, you are too late..... the guys that already had all of that are reaping all the profits...... re-read that thing about frugality.... proactiveness is number one..... Holding a big inventory of oil in your tank farm is not without risk and it takes massive investments in time and money to build the infrastructure. Not surprisingly, the people who make those investments expect to earn a profit once in a while. I haven't seen anyone suggesting earning a profit is illegal or immoral. Questions arise when those profits become synonymous with rip-off, and that's what the petrol industry is doing, ripping us off. Where do you draw the line? When do profits become synonymous with rip- off? In regard to these big oil companies, I believe we crossed that line years ago. Further, there are so many ways to cook the books, so to speak, in oil company bookkeeping, there's really no legitimate way to determine what their real "profits" are. That's true, of course, with many larger corporations, and their abilities to avoid paying taxes. They must have finally learned from the Union bookkeepers. How to raid a union pension fund and strike fund without going to jail. I'm beginning to believe we ought to get out of the business of giving away our oil and gas via cheap leases so the oil companies can turn around and rape us. There are other ways to "produce" the goods so that the ownership and profits are there to benefit the country and its citizens. Beyond cheap leases? Economics is beyond your ability to comprehend. |
#88
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In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says... BAR wrote: In , says... On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:40:23 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:36:48 -0400, Gene wrote: uh no. it's speculators. they caused a similar run up under the white guy who preceded the guy you hate because he's black Damn speculators. Why aren't more people doing it? Let's go halves on a tanker load and resell it on EBAY. Anybody else want in on the deal? We're going to need a dock, tank farm, distribution network, trucks, pipelines and a whole sh*t load of permits. With some help from Wall Street we can probably get 90 day financing. Sorry, you are too late..... the guys that already had all of that are reaping all the profits...... re-read that thing about frugality.... proactiveness is number one..... Holding a big inventory of oil in your tank farm is not without risk and it takes massive investments in time and money to build the infrastructure. Not surprisingly, the people who make those investments expect to earn a profit once in a while. "A profit once in a while.....?" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/business/01oil.html 8% Profit for 2010. 6.2% Profile for 2009. Doesn't seem out of line to me. Please...if you believe those are "real" numbers, perhaps you'd like to buy shares in a bridge in Brooklyn. They are from a simple calculation of numbers presented in an NYT article. |
#89
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Why gas is $5.00/gal
In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says... BAR wrote: In , says... On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:25:30 -0400, Wayne B wrote: On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:41:35 -0400, Gene wrote: Holding a big inventory of oil in your tank farm is not without risk and it takes massive investments in time and money to build the infrastructure. Not surprisingly, the people who make those investments expect to earn a profit once in a while. "A profit once in a while.....?" http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/business/01oil.html http://www.grist.org/article/2010-04...ution-while-am http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/29/news...xxon/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...anies/profits/ The oil companies and speculators are almost single-handedly preventing an economic recovery.... and they are being paid handsomely to do so..... and you are DEFENDING that? Incredible..... It's a very cyclical business and no one feels sorry for Exxon when they have stagnant growth, or even worse, when they fail to discover enough new oil to replace what they sold. Unfortunately that is what is happening. It is probably reasonable to assume that as their exploration and acquisition costs go up, and as their reserves go down, they will want a higher price for the product. In the interest of full disclosure, I own stock in both Exxon and Chevron-Texaco. Their annual reports make interesting reading and the future for energy prices is not good. Somehow, you are missing the reality that when Exxon loses money, the stockholders are ****ed..... when Exxon continues to make record profits in an otherwise miserable economy, they are sticking it to all of the users of gasoline.... one way or the other, the entire American population.... and to the entire American economy.... Don't buy their products if you don't like the way they do business. It must be nice to go through life uneducated and simpleminded, as you obviously are. You claim you do not shop at WalMart. I assume that you can apply that discipline to other areas of your life. |
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In article , payer3389
@mypacks.net says... BAR wrote: In articleHs6dnccI4r3x1yjQnZ2dnUVZ_rqdnZ2d@earthlink .com, payer3389 @mypacks.net says... Corporations are not, like any individual, entitled to commit treason with impunity.... no matter how important profit is, to some self centered investors... How unAmerican of you, Gene! :) Don't you believe in corporations über alles? I believe we need to "restructure" certain aspects of our society, and part of that restructuring should be how we handle leases to explore and drill for oil and natural gas. There's nothing sacred about for-profit corporations. That model isn't working anymore for us. It's milking the middle class dry and accelerating the transfer of wealth to the very rich. There are any number of oil-producing countries in which ownership of that asset is retained by the state, and the revenues used to finance the government. The problem here is that Americans have been brainwashed into thinking the price-fixing, for-profit private sector that dominates the energy business is the only way to do that sort of business. This collectivization thing was tried before and it failed miserable. Also, government control of all industry has failed miserable too. Again, lack of education and deficits in your knowledge base of "current events" have done you in. As I stated, "There are any number of oil-producing countries in which ownership of that asset is retained by the state, and the revenues used to finance the government." Yeah right. Where is the line Harry, where is the line of good corporations and bad corporations? When does a corporation go from being a bad corporation to being a good lackey of the government? I'm not talking about the failed Communist states here, Bertie. But you think I am. Shouldn't the government be running all farming? Shouldn't the government be running al agriculture? What about fishing? Should we be paying mother nature in whatever currency she wants to take her bounty? |
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