Exxon robbing ya'll blind
 

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/07/27/ ... on-profit/

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/ar ... 7exxon.htm

gawd damn! thoughts? opinions? deaththreats?

I dont buy from Exxon anyway, shisters.

..looks like dude is hiding a few barrels in his chin.. or maybe that's just pita bread

i also found 1 article where it said they were making upwards of $1300.00 per second ed:

its getting fucking ridiculous, sometthing needs to be done. any of yall see that discovery channel documentary "addicted to oil"?

nah, i saw a similar doc on cnn though. forgot the name of it..

Yup, there needs to be a price cap on gas, at 1.80 a gallon, because thats what its fucking worth, i remember payiong 1.36 a gallon 2-3 years ago, gas is about a dollar and some change over priced.

They can charge more at the pump because we all have this idea instilled in out minds that there is less oil to go around and more demand.

Personally I reject the idea that there isn't enough oil and see it as OPEC/oil companies justification for gouging customers.

Anyway, theres no real alternative. Other forms of energy are suppressed so the only viable option people have is the reliance on oil which means more moeny for the top dogs.

I cant wait for Hydrogen loney:

[img]http://images.leftlanenews.com/content/exxon.jpg[/img]

Majority of US oil does not come from the middle east. Canada and Venezuela are the major suppliers of Oil to the US. OPEC has a monopoly over world oil. they can set any price they want.

Hydrogen is highly impractical because it is a means of energy storage, not an energy source. To create a hydrogen you need a source. Solar power for example. But since solar energy is not nearly as concentrated as oil, theres no way to gather enough of the energy to produce the hydrogen. Thus you need another energy source.

You can't just pull hydrogen out and put it in a tank. It had to be made for lack of a better term. In order to make it you need an energy source, like oil.

LOL!

i can gurantee you that hydrogen is exxon's kryptonite

I always said that dude looked like Paul Bearer.

[img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b231/catullus_5/assorted/bearer01.jpg[/img]

my parents invested in them, they are very happy.

[quote="Sgt. Paine":cf9fd]my parents invested in them, they are very happy.[/quote:cf9fd]

oilmoney

i saw somewhere how much the CEO makes a day..dont remember how much, but it was more than most make in a year.

my brother said he read that Exxon makes $1300/sec ed:

i wish i could be exon for a day...

a day would be great...lets see thats...$112,320,000...I can live with that

Uuuum, I don't care if it's legal, they're all fucking douchebags. I vote for assassinations.

i understand oil prices are based on futures, however that doesn't excuse the fact that companies use peak oil as a ploy to increase profits by cutting production.

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/energy/fs/

Kids can make a 50mpg car that runs on soy, the major car manufacturers could do the same and should infact be able to beat that.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/ ... 9941.shtml

I'll make assassinations legal if you vote for me in 2038.

[quote="TGB!":3282c]The oil companies arent the problem. Consumners are.[/quote:3282c]

+1

It all has to do with Galbraith / Achenbaum / Friedman. I forgot which one is which. biggrin:

I'm not advocating regulation. The problem I have is businesses and unethical behaviour by using scarcity to drive up prices. They can set any price they want, however there are limited alternatives to consumers due to the monopoly over the market. Capitalism is about competition to drive down prices and give consumers viable options which is the opposite of how the industry works.

i think they should be able to charge whatever they want for gas because people are going to pay for it. i just think its funny to see the execs sweat when they have to explain to everyone about profits.

Didn't the SEC or some commission investigate Exxon and determine they hadn't been doing anything illegal?

[quote="TGB!":74db7][quote:74db7]"They're making billions upon billions of dollars," he says. "And when this car sells, that'll go down — to low billions upon billions."[/quote:74db7]

Sophomoric response and the typical "blame game" anti-oil (and by extension, anti-American-Conservative) "activists" lob out there. Noone FORCES you to buy gasoline. Regulating oil prices in the united states because you dont want to pay 3 bucks at the tank (or 10 bucks american in the UK) is bullshit and anti-capatalism and would only HURT consumners in the long run. Whats next, regulating the price of a pair of sneakers? Of internet access? How about we start regulating the price of goods in YOUR service industry - see how long you keep your job then.

The oil companies arent the problem. Consumners are.[/quote:74db7]

Gas is a necessity in many North American lives. They can't just not buy gas.

its definately not a matter of technology...my GREATgrandfather remembers riding in one of those "mobster" cars, metal boxes weighing in at 4 tons with an egine and 4 wheels, with 80 miles to the gallon when he was 12, so that back in the 1920's

[quote="TGB!":78282][quote:78282]

[quote:78282]Other forms of energy are suppressed[/quote:78282]

Bullshit they are. Ethanol cars are peaking around the world and within 5 to 10 years youre going to see car manufacturers offering ETHA and BUTANOL cars as standard. Noone is suppresing ANYTHING, least of all fuel alternatives. Its just that people ARENT BUYING.[/quote:78282][/quote:78282]
LIES, ANDERSON! LIES

Ethanol that could be imported from Brazil suffers a %100 tariff imposed by the US Govt. The US gives billions of dollars in subsidies to the oil industry but barely pays a dime to any developing technologies such as solar energy and wind power. If this isn't suppression i don't know what is

lol, idiot

who calling an idiot