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Originally Posted by Rick Lee View Post
I'm still amazed it's as cheap as it is. How many gallons of gasoline can you refine from a 55 gal. drum? If oil is now $130 per bbl., that's $2.36 per gallon and that's before it's refined, brought to market and taxed, let alone turned a profit for anyone. How in the world do they get all that done for only $1.50 in mark up?
Rick, I think you need to remember that gasoline isn't the only thing that comes out of that 55 gal.

ie: The butcher doen't grab some filet and some NY strips and then throw the rest of the cow away.

They're making their money. A lot of it in a subsidy, but you get my drift, I bet.
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