Jack Goff wrote:
.... Could it be that the oil companies are indeed aware that the
US is dependant on oil, and are attempting to hold down the cost here
in some ways?

Makes good sense, yes... in a discussion of record oil
company profits, suggesting that they are "Holding" the cost
of oil down... I guess they are struggling mightily so as
not to make even larger record profits.

To borrow a phrase from one of Doug's earlier posts: Some
people wallow in ignorance, others seem to marinate in it.

DSK