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Re: Yikes! Gas Price

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From: WDS
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:56
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On Apr 30, 11:27 am, "D. A. Tsenuf" <D...@Tsenuf.com> wrote:
> "John A. Weeks III" <j...@johnweeks.com> wrote in messagenews:john-325697.18045629042008@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
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>
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> > In article <257f14lb08ff78sbpnojhtpkk43u7hh...@4ax.com>,
> > 20April <20Ap...@xmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Your gas comes from Oilberta Canada.
>
> >> At the refinery here, sucker canuckleheads are now paying $5.00 a
> >> gallon[US]!!
> >> We make it here but the crooked governments in collusion with the oil
> >> companies are ripping us off!1
>
> >> if YOU had to pay $5 WOULD YOU RIOT?
>
> > The way President Bush is running things, we may be at $5 before the
> > end of May.  Your $5 might look cheap when gas is $6.50 a gallon for
> > the Labor Day weekend holiday.
>
> Total NONSENSE
>
> The reason why gas prices are going up is because DEMAND IS RISING and
> PRODUCTION is frozen at nearly full capacity with NO NEW refineries coming
> online to add production

Nope, not true at all.  I heard a talk from an economist who works for
The Economist today and he said that right now supply is actually
plentiful compared to declining domestic demand and US refineries are
not nearly running at full capacity.
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Subject: Re: Yikes! Gas Price
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