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larwdem

(758 posts) Sun Feb 20, 2022, 12:04 AM Feb 2022

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gas prices

the oil company's are going to drive up the market for electric cars and fuck them selves in the end.

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gas prices (Original Post) larwdem Feb 2022 OP

Watch oil company profits.. Bobstandard Feb 2022 #1

Exxon stock price has doubled in the last year. Doubled. Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #7

Somewhere The Man is laughing Blue Owl Feb 2022 #2

You could be right. I saw $4 19/gal in Oregon. CentralMass Feb 2022 #3

🤞🤞 InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2022 #4

Not as long as the least expensive new EV is $45k WarGamer Feb 2022 #5

Bought mine used Miguelito Loveless Feb 2022 #6

Bobstandard

(1,305 posts)

1. Watch oil company profits..

Reply to larwdem (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 12:09 AM

Feb 2022

Watch oil company profits in coming quarters. I’m guessing they exceed the official rate of inflation on similar amounts of products sold in previous quarters. Which means they’re price gouging. That’s what happens when effective monopolies are allowed to exist.

Midnight Writer

(21,753 posts)

7. Exxon stock price has doubled in the last year. Doubled.

Reply to Bobstandard (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 01:52 PM

Feb 2022

Blue Owl

(50,356 posts)

2. Somewhere The Man is laughing

Reply to larwdem (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 12:11 AM

Feb 2022

As the profits are literally being pumped into his pocket

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

3. You could be right. I saw $4 19/gal in Oregon.

Reply to larwdem (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 12:15 AM

Feb 2022

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

4. 🤞🤞

Reply to larwdem (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 12:17 AM

Feb 2022

WarGamer

(12,440 posts)

5. Not as long as the least expensive new EV is $45k

Reply to larwdem (Original post)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 01:44 AM

Feb 2022

Miguelito Loveless

(4,465 posts)

6. Bought mine used

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 20, 2022, 03:18 AM

Feb 2022

Substantially less.

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