Posted on 09/26/2006 6:56:37 AM PDT by ShadowDancer
:) yeah.... that's a pretty tight window. But if I loose I get to contribute to FR. So it's a win win :)
Good luck!
yep we are talking about a genius here /sarc
Ping
I really need to get in on the oil futures market. Those people are just bad decision-makers. They're wrong so often, it's scary.
And it's the oil futures market that really drives the conspiracy theories with regard to gas prices. If gas prices rose and fell due to actual measurable market forces, people wouldn't care, but that's not the way it goes. The oil futures market has that "man behind the curtain" feel to it.
It may be the way this incredibly conservative market functions, but it obscures its motivations and acts like an oligopoly. An oligopoly doesn't really want to make money, it just wants to hold its relative market share and is afraid to lose it.
no drilling in the US, and the summer blends of which the damned environmentalists have decreed there must be over 20 in the whole US and the poor refinaries have to produce all those different kinds for the summer.
THAT right there guarantees that prices will skyrocket at the gas pump during the summer and after summer is over, the prices go down.
PLUS the pipeline in Alaska is fixed now so that will bring it down. When prices go up blame the environmentalists. They have much more say in raising the price of gas than President Bush does.
What source are you using for the worldwide excess daily production capacity? I'm not doubting your figures, just looking for another source of information.
How are gas prices being manipulated for the election cycle?
The Alaska pipeline was never down. It was a feed line to the Alaska pipeline. The flow of oil went from around 800,000 to about 600,000 BPD. 200,000 BPD is not a big impact on a 85,150,000 BPD world oil market, about 2/10ths of a percentage point.
Jimmy, btw, belongs on anybody's list of top 3 energy analysts in the nation.
Just as long as it isn't a jennings or lorcin...
Good God that's hysterical.
Note, I am NOT equating Christians with Conspiracists. I think it is FAR more likely that God created everything we see in 7 days, than I think the Bush Administration is involved in these kinds of conspiracies. And I say that as an evolutionist!
Prices of most mineral commodities are headed back up today. This makes the entire essay above out of date by several hours. The use-by date is usually tomorrow or sooner on financial columns.
"I'm a republican. I always vote republican. But I believe the prices are being manipulated for the election cycle."
Why wouldnt you vote for the party that has the ability to lower gas prices. It would be foolish to vote for a party that has no control over prices. If they did get in power, the opposition party would raise prices through the roof, just like they did against Clinton.......dont you remember the huge spike in prices up to $5.00 a gallon during the Clinton era?
Yeah...me neither....
Question: Is there a historical chart (More than 4 years) that I can link to that can refute this claim?
Suspicious PING! Prices up 9 cents/gallon since Election Day!
http://www.fresnogasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx
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