EVER WONDER WHY GAS IS SO EXPENSIVE???? (topic taken of yahoo)

[TommyClocker]

even tho your american gas prices are nothing compared to ours (we pay 1,44 euro per liter and theres 3.7 liter in a gallon)
enjoy:

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for the people that dont get it: that man right there is the one thats getting alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the money from oil
and hes getting even more money now that things like the iraqy war and katrina drive up the oil prices (dont ask me how katrina is responsible for raising your oil prices but it is) hes making big increases over long periots of time and just keeps making more money and hes holding hands with the man that rules america and made sure the iraq war started so he pretty much helped that oil sheek making $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and since they are holding hands and are very happy to be at bush's house im guessing bush himself is getting a fair share of the $$$$$


now please debate :D (in a normal way)

[reservoirGod]

from 12-21-04:

With Bush as president and oil closing in on $60 a barrel, would be like a major figure in the dairy industry became president and milk started costing $9 a gallon.

http://www.d12world.com/board/showth...light=milk+oil

[RevolutioN]

god damn man

[the0ry]

It don't matter if you put up a picture of Bush taking a check from the Saudi King, Neo-cons on these forums would still lick his nut sac.

[reservoirGod]

It don't matter if you put up a picture of Bush taking a check from the Saudi King, Neo-cons on these forums would still lick his nut sac.

It doesn't matter if you had a pic of Bush licking the Saudi Royal's nut sacks... the confused Republicans will still support the Neo-Con Bush.

[TommyClocker]

it doesnt matter to anyone thats to ignorant to understand it
i think thats the best way to putt it. . .


anyways fuck bush and the next president of the usa cuz he'll probably come from the same camp as bush anyway

[TheWalrus]

even tho your american gas prices are nothing compared to ours (we pay 1,44 euro per liter and theres 3.7 liter in a gallon)

There is a difference in price between America, Canada, and Europe because of refineries. American refineries are the best in the world but are running out of, or surpassing, capacity, causing shortges. No new major refineries have been built since the late 80's. Until more refineries are built, oil prices will increase to the level you see in Canada. Then Europe.

for the people that dont get it: that man right there is the one thats getting alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the money from oil
and hes getting even more money now that things like the iraqy war and katrina drive up the oil prices (dont ask me how katrina is responsible for raising your oil prices but it is)

Wrong. Crude oil prices trade on a market. Therefore, when you see $65-$70 for a barrel of oil that is NOT what exxon is paying that guy. In fact, wholesale prices of crude oil are unchanged since Katrina hit. The price of oil is increasing because the lack of capacity, and now efficiency, of oil refineries which convert crude oil into gasoline form.

hes making big increases over long periots of time and just keeps making more money and hes holding hands with the man that rules america and made sure the iraq war started so he pretty much helped that oil sheek making $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and since they are holding hands and are very happy to be at bush's house im guessing bush himself is getting a fair share of the $$$$$

These shieks were loaded before Bush took office. Holding hands was a custom. Bush isn't a homo and it doesnt take "hand holding" to be in collusion. Obviously, it was unrelated to "oil".

now please debate :D (in a normal way)

If Bush is so "tied" to big oil, then why are prices for natural gas, diesel, and other forms of energy increasing just as much? And in most countries?

[TheWalrus]

the confused Republicans will still support the Neo-Con Bush.

And the confused liberals will always get a hard-on dissing Bush..

[StereoType]

Im glad Democratic Administrations never even talked to the Saudi's.

[reservoirGod]

Im glad Democratic Administrations never even talked to the Saudi's.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm, oil was $12 a barrel and gas cost $.98 a gallon when he was president, no matter why the saudi's didn't want to hold his hand!!!

[TommyClocker]

^^ exactly

obviously as a president you hang out with these people...duh

but clinton didnt invite them to his house to hold hands with them now did he???

[S-DOT]

gas prices are so high because they can be. Gas companies have the market cornered off, nobody can fuck with them. People can't stop buying gas, so why won't they raise the prices and keep raising them? it was just a matter of time, and the closer we get to oil running out, the higher the prices are gonna go. Of course it doesnt help having an oil man as the president of the USA, who fucks with the saudis the way he does, but thats only part of the problem. you gotta look at it globally, i think Passiton posted something about it a long time ago about oil consumption and production, and the effect china has had on the oil industry since they started becoming a manufacturing superpower. you cant only blame bush, hes a bad mother fucker, but this isnt all because of him.

[Rainstorm]

We can keep on ignoring the fact that there's a world shortage of oil slowly coming on. But I don't doubt SOME artificial price increases, although I haven't seen direct proof. Fact is, oil will be unmanagable within the next 20 years, more likely than not.

Has anyone here seen "End of Suburbia"?

[Rainstorm]

By the way, listen to S-Dot.....

[Brother_Rapp]

1) Because different states have different regulations for additives due to it' own clean air standards, gas in states where it is plentiful may not be allowed to go where it' not. That creates shortages and thus high prices.

2) Because there are not enough refineries to turn oil into gasoline, it doesn't matter if this country recieved twice the amount of oil that it presently gets. It couldn't be processed into gasoline.

3) This country has a lot of oil in the form of shell a little to the west of center. Because it is too expensive to change that shell into a liquid form and pumped to the surface. We remain addited to foreign oil and the foreign governmental problems that come with it.

4) Because of America' love of gas guzzelers, failure to extract oil from Alaska (not delivering that oil along the shortest route--lobbists for jobs in Alaska [pure pork in a time of need for the lower 48] ) that oil will cost more and take longer to get here.

4) Because of the efforts of the enviromentalist to prevent offshore drilling for oil that could taske the place of foreign oil so we can tell those guys across the water to go to hell, the price of oil goes up.


That's why gas is high!!!