[TheForge] OT--Gas prices, gas shortages, price gouging?

[terry l. ridder]

hello;


On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Jonathan Barnhart wrote:

> So, yesterday, in the tri-state area I live,
> the gas stations were told by their parent
> companies to raise gas prices 20-30 cents a
> gallon.  This was mainly due to the refineries
> shutting down for the incoming hurricane in Texas.
>

in northern illinois the price of a gallon of gasoline
at road ranger jump $0.23 usd strictly because of ike.
which does not make any sense. northern illinois receives
its gasoline from midwest refineries not gulf coast
refineries.

a friend down in houston area said that there was wide
spread price gouging on gasoline. several stations were
charging $6.00 usd per gallon for regular gasoline.

the oil companies have been running the scam for years.
a butterfly dies in the rain forest in brazil better raise
the price of a gallon of gasoline $0.10 usd .

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terry l. ridder ><>