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To: rightinthemiddle

Supply and Demand.


3 posted on 02/19/2009 8:52:24 AM PST by WayneS (Sarcasm Alert!!! (for the thick-headed))
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What does supply and demand have to do with the difference between oil and gas prices?

If crude is down, gas should be down.

Crude has steadily gone down, but gasoline has steadily gone up.


14 posted on 02/19/2009 8:57:51 AM PST by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristopherson)
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Ordinarily I would agree with the "Free Market" explanation, but then there is this passage:

Industry experts said refiners are trying to reclaim profit margins that disappeared late last year when gasoline prices collapsed after reaching $4 a gallon last summer.

That looks more like collusion among the refiners to me. If GWB were still president, the Democrats would be screaming to high heaven for an explanation.

15 posted on 02/19/2009 8:57:58 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: WayneS

“...Supply and Demand...”

More like price gouging. The supply is there. The demand is low. That’s why I’m not buying the S&D argument this time around.


18 posted on 02/19/2009 8:59:00 AM PST by NCC-1701 (DRILL NOW. DRILL OFTEN. DRILL 24/7/365. PAY LESS. SUCK THE GROUND DRY.)
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