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Well,since you obviously work in the oil industry,everything you say can be taken with a grain of salt.After all,you stand to benefit personally.That being said,your logic is clearly flawed.Yes,people can shop around for a car stereo,but you can't do that with a litre of fuel,can you.That's called price fixing and it is illegal.I would be happy if I could go to station "B" if I didn't like the price at station"A".Since the price is exactly the same,that isn't an option and that is the whole problem.
Did you ever consider the downstream effects of this kind of abuse on cosumers?Probably not,if you work in the oil business.
Consider the guy with a family who makes 10 bucks an hour. He must use his car to get to work.Now that it costs him more to fill his tank,something else has to give. One less movie?
One less dinner? One less pair of shoes? Who suffers? Everyone else,that's who.Everyone except the oil companies,who continue to post record earnings and profits. God help the guy,or union, that goes to the boss and tells him he needs a raise to pay for cost increases in everything.Sooner or later,his ability to pay will stop.Then what happens? It doesn't matter... as lond as the oil companies can keep convincing people that their product is in a competetive market that is "perfect".
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