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Over $4 now in most of Colorado. Usually more in the smaller mountain towns. I'm sure it don't help that extra charges get added for delivery and what not. I've heard companies added extra shit on top of the value of gas bring up the prices.
As much as I'm against big government, and the government getting involved in private companies I wish they would step in. I know I already stated that I think the government should start regulating gas prices to prevent oil companies and gas stations from ass raping the regular people. Then again, that would mean the government cared about the middle and lower class America and not just the rich. Then again, in my opinion oil companies financially backed half (if not all) of congress, senators, representatives, etc... office so I don't expect the government to act against their string pullers.
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Frankly, I'm not sure there's much the government can do. Would they raise taxes on the oil companies? Then the companies will just charge more to make up for it. And I don't think they could get away with making a law that says "you can't sell gasoline for more than x dollars".
Basically, they should have been funding R&D on new fuel technologies for years. That's about the only thing they can do about it.
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But why would they do that when the Vice President of the US has $32 million of Big Oil money in his pocket and the President's family is big into it too and so are their buddies the Saudis and the lobbyists for Big Oil must grease the political machine with so much money it's running just the fuck for them.
Can anybody tell how much I dislike unabashed capitalism?
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I hear that the saudi oil minister has decided to increase production by 200,000 barrels per day. He said that it was so that people don't buy less because of increased prices and lower supply. Like that will work.
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They've just dropped the price at some supermarkets here. Morrison's is now down to £1.14 a litre.
Which is about $8.69 per gallon.
And this is down 4 pence from last week. I need to buy a diesel.
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THey have freedom in France too...also, a killer public transportation system, like the Paris Metro. Not to mention escargo, and Croque Monsieurs.
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I'm not sure, but I think Shikaru was joking ;P
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