Running a Business
Good points. Unfortunately those who have never been in business or run one have no clue how commodity prices affect their bottom line. Every thing that moves [ships] are affected by the cost of fuel. Again, those who have no clue don't understand that utilities are regulated but their costs of producing that "river of electricity" we all tap into are subject to the cost of the fuel that creates the electricity. The commodity that transmits and delivers electricity, the copper and aluminum wires, are subject to the price rises in these products. It is all connected in some way and those who don't understand running a business are ignorant of these facts. All they do is play the "blame game". There's plenty of blame to go around, but our [USA] of dealing with oil production, sending manufacturing overseas, curtailing mining, oil exploration and pipeline construction are all to blame for where we are today. Why didn't we have compressed natural gas cars years ago? Now we are shipping natural gas to Europe where they are paying 10 to 20 times what we sell it for in the US per therm. Any company that can sell their product at those rates are fools for not doing so. Do you want to pay $50 to $100 per therm of natural gas?
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