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<blockquote data-quote="user 62394" data-source="post: 543069" data-attributes="member: 62394"><p>buck_henry -- I understand what you are saying, and to an extent I agree with you. However, in some places, that is against the law. The Michigan Attorney General has prosecuted some stations for doing similar things, in particular I recall after 9/11. (I know you said that government should stay out of it, but that is not the reality.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have also heard people use the supply and demand arguement on the macro level -- ie., regarding the price of crude oil. That doesn't work either, because oil isn't traded on an open market. The price is controlled by a cartel, namely OPEC. This is where I would like to see the President get involved. The estimates that I have heard is that it costs around $4 for OPEC to produce a barrel of oil, and they are now selling at over $70. Between that and environmentalists not allowing us to build new refineries, the price will remain quite high.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 62394, post: 543069, member: 62394"] buck_henry -- I understand what you are saying, and to an extent I agree with you. However, in some places, that is against the law. The Michigan Attorney General has prosecuted some stations for doing similar things, in particular I recall after 9/11. (I know you said that government should stay out of it, but that is not the reality.) I have also heard people use the supply and demand arguement on the macro level -- ie., regarding the price of crude oil. That doesn't work either, because oil isn't traded on an open market. The price is controlled by a cartel, namely OPEC. This is where I would like to see the President get involved. The estimates that I have heard is that it costs around $4 for OPEC to produce a barrel of oil, and they are now selling at over $70. Between that and environmentalists not allowing us to build new refineries, the price will remain quite high. [/QUOTE]
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