[ausev] Gas companies

[Jim Watson]

I felt McCain or Obama,.. Democrat or Republican, either way they would have
been bought out by the gas companies. I feel that W. Bush was bought out. I
don't have any proof for any of this, so I realize that my gut feeling is
not one to be relied upon. I was just concerned that since the prices went
down just before the election: maybe the car companies were worried that a
new honest president may come on board and see that the Gas companies are
price gouging and reveal the scandal. ( all this may be way off of the
truth) I worry that corporations have become too strong for the government
in this nation. I worry that the government is scratching the corporation's
backs for election support. I was concerned that either runner cannot deal
with the power that the gas companies have. Maybe I am giving too much power
to the gas companies,... Maybe I am not giving enough credit to the U.S.
government. I don't know. But if the gas prices just go back to where they
were ($5/gal) then I will be very weary of all of them!! My concern came for
hearing about the gas companies saying that they are going to slow
production because there is not as much demand (this means higher prices for
us). It just sounds like they can do what ever they want to the price of gas
just because they can.

Jim
P.S. I am rooting for our new leader,...

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Steve Donie <steve.donie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm going to have to express my opinion that gas prices probably were not
> affected by Obama getting elected - it was more likely due to the drop in
> global demand, due to the economy that has been destroyed by W.
> Again, just my opinion. Seems unlikely to me that the global market for
> crude oil futures would be likely to be affected by who was going to the
> president of the US.
>
> Here's a chart of prices for crude oil for delivery in January of 2010<http://www.futuresknowledge.com/resources/quotes_charts2.asp?page=chart&sym=CLF10> ,
> going back to July 2008. Note that it has been in decline that whole time,
> and there was no big change when Obama was elected.
>
> I Agree that we as consumers need to drive demand for the kinds of vehicles
> we want. Don't write your congressman, write the car companies, or start
> your own.
>
> Steve
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Jim Watson <osious at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Someone mentioned all the car companies destroying all of their electric
>> car programs within a month or so. Right after this happened the big three
>> started making the biggest damn SUVs I have ever seen. The Hummer is the
>> sorriest excuse for off roading I have ever seen. The real one that the
>> military uses is bad ass! Then there is the Ford Excalibure or some crap
>> like that. ?Is the creation of these monsters an agreement with the gas
>> companies to help the gas companies?? ( I was dupped too, I own a big truck
>> too) If this is true why didn't the A-hole gas companies bail out the big
>> three. They have the 36 billion that the big three was looking for. The big
>> three are the only ones that have the A-hole gas companies best interest at
>> heart, not tax payers!!!!!
>>
>> THAT IS WERE INNOVATION HAS GONE,... INNOVATION OF MONEY,.. NOT
>> SCIENCE!!!!!!!
>>
>> We should let the A-hole gas companies rise the price of gas until no one
>> buys it any more. ( Let them shoot them selves in the foot ) We will see
>> what happens to thier 36 billion dollar profits per year then!!! Then we the
>> people will consume less gas. Then the greens will be happy because the
>> green house gases will be less haunting. Everyone like us will build our own
>> electric cars. The world will be a happier place. haha,... Since Gas
>> companies have the government and car companies by the balls, boy-cotting
>> them is all we can do.
>>
>> I hate the way the gas prices dropped because we were getting a "democrat"
>> in the house. Maybe they were scared that they would get caught because
>> someone new is coming into office. But Obama got more support than any other
>> runner in the passed. That scares the crap out of me!!! Was it the gas
>> companies that bought him out. Now that they know that they can use Obama,
>> they will kick the gas prices right back to were they were.
>>
>> Now we need to make as many electric cars as we can. We the people are the
>> new car companies.
>>
>> Jim
>>
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