OT: Re: katrina ...

[Ronnie Gauthier]

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:00:39 -0500
Alma J Wetzker <almaw at ieee.org> wrote:

> Don't be so quick to judge the local petrol companies.  It is true that 
> profiteering is taking place.  The petrol market sets the price at 
> delivery, not at time of order.  We lost refinery capability, at least 
> in the short term, and that raises the prices.  We also lost about 25% 
> of U.S oil supply in the Gulf of Mexico.  The Robber Barons in Chicago 
> have raised the price accordingly, and the price is instantly charged 
> around the globe.
> 
> Chances are that your local companies just got hit with the new prices 
> themselves.
> 
>      -- Alma

I live next door to a station. On the other side of me is a used car 
lot then another station, then a street and another station. None has had a 
tanker in the last four days yet their gas jumped from 2.48 to 3.19,
who is doing who??? Stations take advantage of rising prices to gouge, 
plain and simple, nothing else.