Oil Company Executives Defend Profits

[Timexwatch]

Some times I think that....

Prince Gouging = the threshold at which politicians begin to worry about re-election

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Timexwatch
Some times I think that....

Prince Gouging = the threshold at which politicians begin to worry about re-election

Exactly.

Or, in this case, price gouging = the threshold at which Americans are forced to notice, however momentarily, how much gasoline they actually use.

[SlowwHand]

When old folks and families of low income are freezing in their home, that's not good; and sweaters won't stop that from happening
You have a car, you can park it.
The gasoline bothers me, but it bothers me much less than utilities.

[Dinner]

Can't say I spend much on heating costs; I maybe run my heater 5-10 nights a year if that. My car is a 2.0L so I get good gas milage though I don't really drive to much since at my new job my daily commute is around 20 miles round trip.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
When old folks and families of low income are freezing in their home, that's not good; and sweaters won't stop that from happening
You have a car, you can park it.
The gasoline bothers me, but it bothers me much less than utilities.

Then perhaps support increased welfare for heating for those people.

[flash9286]

Maybe we should take away the oil subsides and increase spending on helping low income families pay their heating bills.

[pchang]

oil subsidies

What oil subsidies do we have in the US?

[Ted Striker]

F the Senators, instead of witch hunting the oil companies, they should be discussing ways to get alternative fuels going and going NOW.

It's NOT THAT DAMN HARD if the government REALLY wanted to do it. We have private companies putting vehicles into space and teams building driverless cars in under 2 years and we can't get a damn non-oil infrastructure.

People are sick and tired of oil burning cars.

[flash9286]

What oil subsidies do we have in the US?

http://www.distributiondrive.com/Article4.html

[monolith94]

Build a house with kickass insulation, and you can carry over warmth from the Summer well into the Winter. Insulation is KEY.

[Playful]

Originally posted by Verto


Considering it is still 80s-90s here, I don't run either A/C or heat. But when it does get cold, I wear sweaters, jackets, etc. Since when is mankind incapable of surviving winter without electricity-provided heat? WEAKLINGS!

pfffttttttttttt

[JohnT]

What - The US government decided that it wasn't soaking Exxon enough when it takes its $40 billion and now wants a couple billion more?

Since when is a 10% profit margin for a company that pays out over $110 billion in taxes every year a windfall? You want to double Exxons profits? Lower its overall effective tax rate by 12%... that should do it.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Verto


Considering it is still 80s-90s here, I don't run either A/C or heat. But when it does get cold, I wear sweaters, jackets, etc. Since when is mankind incapable of surviving winter without electricity-provided heat? WEAKLINGS!

*adds Verto to the list of people who need to experience the joys of a Montreal winter.

[JohnT]

You can add me to that list as well, not that I'll ever do such a foolish thing.

[KrazyHorse]