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Originally Posted by bhutocracy
It doesn't work like that.
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I know full well "it doesn't work like that". I said "should", did I not? And it's not I that is saying the world oil supply is affecting prices, I just happened to be the one paying attention to what's been fed to the public via the news over the past 40 years. You can't seriously sit there and tell me "limited world oil supply" has never been used in the past as the talking point for raising prices, can you? No one said it was the actual reason, I certainly didn't say it was.
But frankly I'd wager most people don't care about oil production not keeping up with demand. Most people I know anyway realize that both Canada and the US have existing reserves of oil already refined and already paid for that are huge, certainly huge enough to keep both countries going while they adjust production and/or purchasing to match any discrepencies in consumption, or major oil spill, etc. It's just another excuse to hike up gas prices.
And frankly most people are just tired of excuses. Forgive me but your laborious attempt at educating as to "how it works" really reads like more excuses. I know you'll say "no it's reality" and that may be true, but if you think that the size of the overall supply in the world has never or won't ever be (or be said to be) the reason for gas prices going up then it's not just I who needs the reality check. Whether you agree or not I know full well that as the supply still in the ground dwindles the price IS going up. Unless of course we find new oil deposits off-world, like Mars or the 5th moon of Jupiter or something. Then we'd have what we have now, a whole new huge source of oil. And at that time someone will say "hey, shouldn't prices for gas come down a bit since we have all the new oil?"
And someone like you will say "no, because it doesn't work like that"
Eventually someone's going to throw rocks at you Bhuto. :D
Fact is whenver there's the least little hitch in the oil industry anwywhere in the world, it's not long before gas prices are raised. All I'm saying is it would be nice if once in a while when something positive happens in that industry, say, by way of a huge new oil deposit or source found, that we the consumers get gouged a little less, that's all. Most people can't drink more than a litre of milkshake at a time, but they sure need a steady stream of gas.
Bhuto, does your family own a string of gas stations or something? :D