[thackney]

Hey, even ExxonMobil purchases more Crude than they produce themselves. With limited access to oil production, primarily controled by Goverment entities around the world, what choices are there?

[RightWhale]

what choices are there?

A different business. Home mortgages. Or, maybe not that. Maybe video games, especially violent crime oriented games like carjacking.

[RSmithOpt]

Would you say there are at least 5-6 decent patents out there that are tied up that would directly improve the mpg of most vehicles??

What ever happened to the days of Gulf, Standard, American, Esso, Sinclair, Sun, etc....?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

‘zackly. Unless you operate a refinery with the very latest technology, $118 crude puts you underway for every bbl you run. And, even if your feed was from your own wells, you would have to value it at the $118/bbl...