Editor,
As the gas prices creep up to $6-$7 per gallon, depending on your area code, we Americans as well as the rest of the free world are asked to make sacrifices on behalf of the Ukraine people who are suffering at the hand of the butcher, Putin.
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Editor,
As the gas prices creep up to $6-$7 per gallon, depending on your area code, we Americans as well as the rest of the free world are asked to make sacrifices on behalf of the Ukraine people who are suffering at the hand of the butcher, Putin.
Indeed it is a worthy sacrifice. My question is regarding the petroleum industry. Annually, they are netting hundreds of billions of dollars in profits and I would like to know what they are doing to ease the load on the rest of the free world. Do they continue making their obscene profits or do they ease the load on consumers so they can share their dollars with retailers to keep them viable during these troubled times. Gas prices are killing commerce at all levels.
Michael Turturici
San Carlos
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(2) comments
Michael – why do you think the petroleum industry needs to ease the load on the rest of the free world (a smaller world since freedom isn’t the norm in many countries)? Why would you think petroleum industries would be reliant on gas retailers to keep them viable? Thousands of everyday products use petroleum in their manufacture. Gas is just one product. The bigger questions you should ask are why Putin decided to take Ukraine now and why is Biden conducting World Ware E (for energy) against the American people. Perhaps because Biden sacrificed Afghanistan and $80 billion to the Taliban? Perhaps because Biden killed the domestic energy sector? It’s more appropriate to say Biden is killing commerce at all levels. Also, why is the US getting involved? Perhaps to keep US-funded bioweapons research in Ukraine hidden? Perhaps to keep the million dollar plus gravy train to Hunter going?
Dear Michael - critical thinking is not your forte. The reason our gasoline and other energy products are getting outrageously expensive is because of the incompetence of the WH and its zealous Green crowd. The WH even proclaimed that there a thousands of unused drilling permits. The industry cannot take advantage of it because of imposed restrictions. Nothing to do with Ukraine. Under Trump we were exporting energy and our as well as world prices were low as a result. To state that you are willing to sacrifice for a fleeting cause in Ukraine is just silly, they are totally unrelated. BTW, please read up on the Futures Market, that is where the money is made and don't blame the oil industry.
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