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High Fuel Prices Blamed for Expensive Gas
scrappleface ^
| April 21, 2006
| Scott Ott
Posted on 04/21/2006 10:51:50 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
(2006-04-22) — A spokesman for the U.S. oil industry today said the cost of gasoline at the pump has increased lately due to the high cost of fuel.
Industry expenses have increased substantially for company cars, corporate jets, tank trucks, ocean-going oil tankers, shipping refinery parts and other operations dependent on petroleum products, the unnamed industry source said.
“When the high price of fuel jacks up the cost of delivering gasoline to the consumer, we need to recover that cost some way, and that means higher prices at the pump,” he said. “That’s just petroleum economics 101."
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: expensivegas; fuel; humor; prices; satire
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Funny...
To: Lucky9teen
Horse hockey. The gas companies continue to post record profits. Cost of fuel my butt. They make the damn fuel!
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posted on
04/21/2006 10:55:59 AM PDT
by
stm
(Our country and world are at a crossroads; taking the wrong path is not an option.)
To: Lucky9teen
LOL - I thought it was a real headline at first. The funny thing is I wasn't the least bit surprised!
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:02:48 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: Lucky9teen
If only we ran our planes on electricity, our nation's energy problems would be solved. < /sarc >
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:06:34 AM PDT
by
weegee
("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)
To: stm
The gas companies continue to post record profits.Funny thing is that the profit margin stays the same. It's all market economics. Do you want the government to regulate the cost/price of gasoline? Sounds a bit soviet-era communist to me.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:08:30 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Make illegal immigration illegal!)
To: stm
They don't make it, they refine it.
It is a natural resource. One that speculators trade in the futures of. Speculators go crazy for all sorts of reasons. When the price of a barrel goes up, so will the price at the pump.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:08:55 AM PDT
by
weegee
("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)
To: Toby06
The government gets more gas tax money from a gallon of gas than the profit an oil company sees.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:09:52 AM PDT
by
weegee
("CBS NEWS? Is that show still on?" - freedomson)
To: weegee
Yep! WE never hear that whine in the MSM, though, do we?
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:24:46 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Make illegal immigration illegal!)
To: weegee
I'm well aware of how crude is cracked to make gasoline and it's derivatives. But for the gas companies to be complaing that the price of gas is driving up gas prices sounds ludicrous.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:26:34 AM PDT
by
stm
(Our country and world are at a crossroads; taking the wrong path is not an option.)
To: stm
Horse hockey. The gas companies continue to post record profits. Cost of fuel my butt. They make the damn fuel!If satire were a wet fish, and it slapped you in the face, would you notice?
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:27:40 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: stm
Some days you are the dog, others the hydrant, homey!
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:29:02 AM PDT
by
Toby06
(Make illegal immigration illegal!)
To: Lucky9teen
If I did not play football... I would not be playing football today.
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:29:14 AM PDT
by
kenth
To: Dog Gone
Dang, I didn't even see the Scrappleface on top!!! Don't I feel like an idiot!!!
Bwahahahahahahahaaaa!!!
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:35:07 AM PDT
by
stm
(Our country and world are at a crossroads; taking the wrong path is not an option.)
To: kenth
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:38:56 AM PDT
by
Lucky9teen
(Gov't solution to invasion=band aid. What we need is to fix the leak, before we clean up the mess.)
To: stm
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:42:27 AM PDT
by
MortMan
(Trains stop at train stations. On my desk is a workstation...)
To: stm
Uh. . . look at the source. SCRAPPLEFACE.
It's HUMOR. . . .
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:47:21 AM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
To: MortMan
I know, I just realized that......never mind....
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posted on
04/21/2006 11:48:30 AM PDT
by
stm
(Our country and world are at a crossroads; taking the wrong path is not an option.)
To: Lucky9teen
Does this belong on Leno's Monday-night "HEADLINES"?
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posted on
04/21/2006 12:01:05 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: stm
DDDOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH! Oh my, my mistake. Even I was taking this seriously!
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posted on
04/21/2006 12:03:12 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Not to self.....look at the source before posting....
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posted on
04/21/2006 12:04:56 PM PDT
by
stm
(Our country and world are at a crossroads; taking the wrong path is not an option.)
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