The funny thing is that if we say "open the hood", we open the front piece of metal. Over there, they'll think why are you opening the convertible roof to find a dipstick? :P.

 

Language shmanguage

Don't worry, a car hood is still a hood no matter where you're from.

People mate too hahhaa

Well some *GAS* stations have been filled and just in time for the week's price rise *****...

 

BTW: That nice Australian lady who invented that hair removal product, somebody might want to tell here that NADS is slang here for what you see on the south facing end of a northbound dog that has not been neutered

She might sell a few more cases with a name change.

 

^ Oh don't worry, that's not lost in translation

 

You've obviously been reading a lot of headlines and not many annual reports. Oil companies produce a lot more things than the gasoline you buy at the pump. And while total profits for US-sold gasoline are in fact up, the profit MARGIN (the amount of profit on each gallon) is actually DOWN. They're making more money off of us because we're BUYING more, not because of some grand conspiracy to raise prices. Their big profits are in things like alternative energy. But I guess they should get out of those businesses because they're making too much money....

Exxon could have run a record LOSS last year instead of a profit, and gas prices would still be about where they are, because gas is a commodity. They CAN'T raise prices more than a few cents above equilibrium or they'll lose money.

 

And just today congress approved a bill increasing taxes on oil companies $18 BILLION. No good deed goes unpunished. Maybe they'll move their corp. offices to Dubai and say SCREW the U.S. govt.

 

Along with a whole lot of other companies when socialism takes hold with the next administration.

Gasoline is still cheap in the US. This is the kind of problem (rising prices) that motivates me to work harder and smarter and increase my income. It's usually more effective at addressing the real issue than complaining.

 

And invest some of your money in the oil companies, like millions of shareholders (including retirees and pension plans) do. They'll be around longer than any of us, you might as well get a piece of the profits.