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Quote: from Elm at 2:56 pm on July 17, 2008

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They don't gouge prices.  The oil companies make around 10% profit, much less than the average retail store.  

You want to call it gouging because its an easy way to place blame and soothe an emotional pain of frustration.  It is illogical and in total contradiction to the facts - oil companies are easy to blame because they don't have a face so you don't feel bad calling them evil.  

Humans piss me off so often with their unwillingness to use their own intellect.

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Exxon Mobil made $40 billion dollars profit last year. I would not call that razor thin.. IE they could make less without falling in to the red. So why are they charging so much for gas is they can stand to make less money?

If we can't blame the oil companies, who would we blame? The Arabs? The Socialists? Our best friends the Canadians, largest supplier of US oil?  

Actually, you are right. The big evildoers here are the emerging economies in Asia that are siphoning an increasing part of the available oil to fuel their growth.  Thanks to our aid they have been able to break out of the third world, and it's their fault the oil is running out.  

And RE: intellect... this is a teen forum. If you want intellect, go to Mensa.

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Yes and they had to spend approximately 370 Billion dollars into order to take in 410 billion which is 40 billion in profit.  You don't seem to be considering that 370 billion dollars.

There aren't any "evildoers" here, just because you don't like the consequence of a rising demand doesn't mean it is evil.  If it doesn't rain and there is a water shortage -who are you going to blame - Evian for gouging prices for what you want to pay for?  The municipality for raising public water prices because they have to pump in water from far away and that costs money?

Really blaming some conjured "evil" is very simple minded and should be above anyone who posts in a political forum.  The resource is waning and becoming more rare while demand for it goes up, of course its going to go up in price and that isn't factoring in how weak the dollar is which increases demand further (OPEC mandates oil bought from them be paid in dollars).

- the rich saudis deciding how much they want to pump from their oil

- the chinese consuming more

- the speculator fucks make a profit on ppls back

Nooo
its Liberalsarevil of course!

that tard is even more lol than abs

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"Everyone helpin' each other whenever they can we makin' it happen, from nothin' to somethin'
That's how we be survivin'" - BEP

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Exxon Mobil made $40 billion dollars profit last year. I would not call that razor thin.. IE they could make less without falling in to the red. So why are they charging so much for gas is they can stand to make less money?

If we can't blame the oil companies, who would we blame? The Arabs? The Socialists? Our best friends the Canadians, largest supplier of US oil?

Actually, you are right. The big evildoers here are the emerging economies in Asia that are siphoning an increasing part of the available oil to fuel their growth. Thanks to our aid they have been able to break out of the third world, and it's their fault the oil is running out.

And RE: intellect... this is a teen forum. If you want intellect, go to Mensa.

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I think we should bomb Exxon Mobil, South Africa, the Iraq, and some of the Asian countries to lower the price of oil.

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Well were getting tired of the high gas prices and There are to many reasons for the gas prices continue to soar:

1. The enviromentalists- They are so against oil and everything they are trying to stop the  government from getting it. The enviromentalists are a bunch of pigs and they are the one of the main reasons for the gas prices to soar

2. The liberals- They support the gas tax and are increasing it which is causing gas prices to soar As well. We dont need need  more gas taxes ya damn commys.

These groups are also what I

would like to call domestic terrorists

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You're a fucking retard.

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I'm pretty sure that most of the problem is the failing US economy reducing the value of the dollar. I don't know why OPEC insists on tying oil to a failing currency :/ the Euro would be a much safer and wiser decision when it comes to potential currencies, if it has to be fixed in the first place. Gold standard would be better. Gold doesn't suffer from such severe loss of value.

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They can't abandon the dollar until at least they have divested themselves of a large amount of holding of that currency which is hard to do when they constantly trade in it.  A catch-22 situation.