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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOur gas increased another 30 cents this morning.
Our gas in less than a week has increased around 90 cents.
Thanks dingbat Donnie and whiskey Pete.
SamuelTheThird
(1,199 posts)So this is just starting
Attilatheblond
(9,000 posts)Have learned WAY more than I ever wanted to know about the fossil fuel industries from his short videos.
Klarkashton
(5,349 posts)Get blown up.
Norbert
(7,806 posts)kysrsoze
(6,446 posts)We're being scammed yet again, by the oil industry.
Klarkashton
(5,349 posts)It's a commodity/ investment. Whatever they have in the storage tank is is whatever the current price is no matter what they paid for it.
wishstar
(5,830 posts)Many studies and reports have documented this phenomenon that the industry tries to defend with various explanations that aren't very convincing as to why prices jump up so much faster than they fall back.
Klarkashton
(5,349 posts)The commodity thing only counts on the way up.
Bengus81
(10,215 posts)prices are now,that will come later. They jack them up immediately for one reason GREED.
Klarkashton
(5,349 posts)Tangible futures. It's worth what it's worth right now no matter what they paid for it in the past.
It's capitalism. Capitalism = greed.