by Richard Saare

Created on: May 24, 2008   Last Updated: December 14, 2008

Here it is a few months later and prices fuel prices are plumeting. This deal with the exploration in the Dakota's might be truth or it may be a very clever hoax? But I stated that it was greed and nothing more. Apparently I was right. There is no difference in the amount of effort to acquire the crude oil and or the distance from the Middle East to America, that I am aware of anyway. The cost at the pump was GREED and nothing more! There are certain immutable facts in life, Oil Cartels are as crooked as a dog's hind leg, and not everyone marries for love! It is a simple case of mind over matter, they don't mind and you don't matter! Greed is as old as the human race and you are a victim of greed just as I am. Face the facts and write your Senators and ask that a resolution be passed to control the escalating prices of fuel Nation wide. States have anti-gouging laws, the American Nation does not! It is the food your childeren would eat, the toys you and they want. Your CHOICE! Either do something about it or sit quietly and watch them rob you blind!

Are high fuel prices necessary? Absolutely NOT! It is the greed factor and OPEC and Exxon are the leaders of the pack! How can a company post 80 billion dollars in profits in one quarter, (3 months), and remain magnanimous about! OPEC, the Organized Petroleum Extorting Countries sit in their Palaces and casually make glib remarks about the demise of the American way and the American economy. America comprises 5% of the worlds population and consumes 35% of all Petroleum Distillate Products worldwide. Gas prices at the pump are not the fault of the Gas Station owner either. It is the Oil Barons and the Cartels that are killing your wallet at the pump. Gas station owners get a paltry 15 cents a gallon in most cases. Transfer companies are controlled by Federal Regulations and can only charge so much per mile per ton or metric ton. Another thing is taxes, when gas was $1.89 per gallon the sales tax for state and federal were 49 cents each. That is half of the price you pay at the pump for every gallon! Why in God's name do you think the Elected Officials sit on their collective asses and do nothing about spiraling prices. They see a big fat pay raise in the extra monies collected in taxes!

In the mid-eighties oil Companies bought large amounts of stock in the Big 3 Auto Makers in the United States. This is to prevent them from manufacturing cars that would reduce the need for oil in order to keep volume sales under a

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