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Exxon made 32% more earnings in the last 3 months year over year.

Exxon is a publically traded company. Go buy some of their stock if you think they are charging too much and you can share in their windfall too.

108 posted on 09/02/2005 11:53:11 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")

They aren't rising. Oil futures would be better, if you have the nerve and luck to beat the eventual pop of the bubble.

111 posted on 09/02/2005 11:54:50 PM PDT by The Red Zone (Florida, the sun-shame state, and Illinois the chicken injun.)

So should electric companies be able to sell their product to you for whatever price you are willing to pay? That would mean huge sections of the country would go dark overnight. A free market is not always the best for the common good. This country would not have the success it does if millions of people could not afford lights. The South and California would not be economic miracles if not for stable electric prices.I do have stock in XOM yes the run up has been great but the billions that taxpayers will pay in higher prices so that XOM can do its repairs for free is not good for the economy as a whole.