On 17 May 2007 20:18:08 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

If there were any real competition, somebody would start up a new oil
company to take advantage of that gap. Whenever profits get to that
sort of level, that's when the free market economy is supposed to
spawn additional competition and bring the prices/profits down a bit.

You can buy imported gasoline by the tanker load and set up your own
distribution network, no refinery required. The Wall Street Journal
quotes prices every day. You could lease storage from a tank farm and
set up a co-op sales organization.