It's best not to live in a country run by misinformed scholars
 

The egg of today is better than the hen of tomorrow.

Not buying your positive comment on gas prices, while many Americans are suffering. It did not have to skyrocket, if we would have stayed energy independent.

You’re missing our point it’s not the gas prices it’s why they’re 4 & $5.00 a gal. It’s not because Putin they’re high. THINK about why they’re high!

Sad, everything is a conspiracy - it just makes common sense.

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Has it occurred to anyone that the pandemic has calmed down. People went back to work. To get there they drove their cars. So what does this do to demand for gas and oil? It goes up. What happens when the demand for something goes up and supply stays the same? Prices go up.

So, you’re saying there was no demand before the pandemic.

Oil company’s still making huge profits

They are business in free country that’s oK.

No, and you know they are not saying that. They are saying there was less demand. Which results in the just in time inventory to ramp down. Once down it takes time to ramp back up.

And since the Oil companies are making historic level profits they don't have a lot of motivation to increase production.

So, you are okay with $250/vial for insulin too? It's called predatory capitalism, and it sacrifices people for profits. So, I disagree with you, I do not believe that any amount of profit at any cost is acceptable.

So why wasn't it well over $4.00/gallon BEFORE the pandemic, when people were actually driving MORE than they are now?

Why was there less demand? Your comment makes zero sense...

If you think your math is superior to the syndicated columnist in that weekly publication, then let's see it. Do the same comparisons and show us how your answer is different.

The conspiracies about the Keystone pipeline also play RIGHT into the hands of the oil companies, who are the only one who stand to benefit when the masses believe that the conspiracies are true.

Facts: the oil is still getting here, same as it always has. Nothing has changed in that regard. Not a single thing. There is no shortage coming from Keystone. At all. Zilch.

2. The pipeline being complained about would not be built until NEXT YEAR even if it was approved 100% and construction had begun on it last year. So it would have ZERO impact - zilch, nada, on TODAY's gas prices.

3. The main petroleum companies in the world have published record profits for 2020, before the price spikes began. They're not hurting for distribution. They're putting a choke-hold on it because it is in their best financial interest to do so. The rich folks running the show can afford $6/gallon gas, especially when they're earning several million dollars every year in profits.

Summary: Gas prices are going up because oil companies have CHOSEN to jack up the prices. It's as simple as that.

So YOUR conspiracy theories are correct and everyone else's are wrong? Cool...