And we know OPEC sets the price of cude oil. Sorry, no point, let alone set or match. Demonizing the oil companies is not a legitimate argument. I know you can do better.
C'mon, Steve.
We *know* there's been a freeze in CA. Of course prices for produce are going up!
Point-set-match.
Of course to follow the thinking used on the oil companies, the freeze is actually a fraud perpetrated by the evil citrus growers to gouge the consumers. We have to be consistent here.
I simply want to know WHY diesel and #2 heating fuel are priced 50 cents a gallon more than gasoline, when it costs the same, or even less to refine..The SAME crude oil is used to source both. The SAME crude that's been dropping to record lows in price. Any rational explanation besides the fact that trucking fuel and home heating in the east aren't exactly something that can be cut back on would be welcome. A semi gets 5-8 MPG on a run no matter what. There's no alternatives. Truckers can't car pool or take the subway.. You can cut the thermostat down to 68 and that's about it.
Why are there different prices for yogurt, cheese, cream and milk? It all comes from the same place. We are getting screwed by the evil dairy farmers.
We-are-getting-screwed by the oil companies with the complicity of government; don't try to gloss it over
This country runs on # 1 and #2 diesel fuel, be it airlines, truckers or home heating in the east. And none of the above can cut back. We are getting forked, and our so-called law enforcers are blind and stupid all of a sudden. That's why I'm POed.
The law enforcers are the ones taxing the hell out of those products. Your anger is misplaced.
All I'm asking for is a rational explanation WHY some refinery products are priced WAY more than the others.
I'd like the same for milk products, or wood based products. Why does some paper cost so much more than others. Why isn't a cardboard box not priced the same as a 2x4? And further, why isn't a 2x4 not actually 2 x4? Those evil wood/lumber companies are ruining the environment and falsely representing their products. The government should investigate this NOW!