05-17-2007, 04:42 PM
The only way to make a difference is to regulate oil companies. Until politicians, both Republican and Democrats, climb out of Big Oil's pockets, we will always get screwed by them.
I always found it interesting that if there were 3 stations on one corner, they all had the same prices (that's for the same tier stations, not things like Arco who probably mix their gas with donkey urine), and they all moved their prices up and down by the same amounts and at the same time. If this is not collusion, I do not know what is.
Our gas prices are retardedly high right now. One of the popular arguments is that crude prices are real high and therefore so are our gas prices. Bull$hit. We are higher right now than when crude was at it's all time high of high 70s/barrel. We are in the low 60s/barrel, but gas prices are at record highs.
No matter which Party is in office, who controls Congress and Senate, noone ever does anything to control these guys. So, enough dreaming. You won't make a difference. Until our politicians change, oil companies will not. They are in a symbiotic relationship.
I always found it interesting that if there were 3 stations on one corner, they all had the same prices (that's for the same tier stations, not things like Arco who probably mix their gas with donkey urine), and they all moved their prices up and down by the same amounts and at the same time. If this is not collusion, I do not know what is.
Our gas prices are retardedly high right now. One of the popular arguments is that crude prices are real high and therefore so are our gas prices. Bull$hit. We are higher right now than when crude was at it's all time high of high 70s/barrel. We are in the low 60s/barrel, but gas prices are at record highs.
No matter which Party is in office, who controls Congress and Senate, noone ever does anything to control these guys. So, enough dreaming. You won't make a difference. Until our politicians change, oil companies will not. They are in a symbiotic relationship.