> I don't believe anything of the sort. I believe they are doing what > capitalists do- maximizing profits. > > You call it price gouging, they call it supply and demand. Don't hate > a player for playing the game.
I agree with G... in order for there to be a proper and fair game of supply and demand. The oil companies have been found guilty of price fixing before, they're doing it again espeically with an administration willing to look the other way. > You can always vote by not buying their gas, switching to a scooter > (props to you, Tony) or other fuel-efficient vehicle, using public > transport, or driving less. I wish the scooter option was viable, 35 miles one way on a scooter on the highway isn't my idea of safe I'm driving my Corolla again so I'm about as gas friendly and green as I can get,. If electric cars would become prevalent, I'd go with that option. Mad props to T-Bone for being able to pull off the scooter deal. > I think we've actually turned the corner in terms of market psychology > (to borrow from a previous thread). U.S. consumers are going to > continue to ditch big fat gas guzzlers in droves and move to lighter, > more fuel-efficient cars, scooters, and public transport. Alternative > energy companies are going to invest billions in their solutions, > which can now be profitable because of the price of oil I truly, truly hope you're right, and it's backed up by a government that will make big oil play by the same rules as everyone else. > It will be the oil companies themselves (and more importantly thug > regimes like Iran, Sudan, and Venezuela) that are most damaged by the > dramatic rise in prices. The current price range makes every > conceivable fuel alternative economically viable, which is what this > is all about at the end of the day. It's going to take decades for the > economy to shift away from oil, but there is now no question that it > is going to happen. I doubt it, not until their reserves start to really run out. Then it'll be up to the Exxon/Mobil (or will it be Exxon/Mobil/Shell/BP/Marathon by then?) to pay the piper and prop up those govenments that they convinced to build their entire economies on oil profits. We'll go into alternative energy kicking and screaming, with the oil companies blocking it every way that they can. > That doesn't help us much when we go to the pump, but hey, here's to the > future! and the future's name is Hydrogen. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer http://www.sstwebworks.com/blog -------------- Original message from "Robert Munn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -------------- > > .. > > > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Scott wrote: > > Yes, companies are supposed to make reasonable profits.... but there's this > > little thing called price gouging. > > > > If you really believe that the good ol boys at the oil companies are honest > > businessmen, then I've got this bridge in Brooklyn, NY that I'll sell > > ya....cheap, comes with a small canyon in Arizona, also. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265137 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
