OT: Re: katrina ...

[Alma J Wetzker]

Ronnie Gauthier wrote:
> 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.
>>
> 
> 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.

What will it cost to refill the tanks?  Where will that money come from?

     -- Alma