tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post639733130363045705..comments2024-03-28T08:13:03.545-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Gas Prices and IranComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-56249494331610388192011-12-28T18:09:59.922-05:002011-12-28T18:09:59.922-05:00None of the oil coming from the Keystone XL pipeli...None of the oil coming from the Keystone XL pipeline will stay in the US either. It is the wrong type of oil - too expensive after refining - it will be shipped off to China. But that won't stop the "job makers" well paid lackeys in congress from claiming it is necessary to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.Doug Alderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18046236175555439917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-7318308341478175012011-12-28T13:09:45.788-05:002011-12-28T13:09:45.788-05:00I have been b*tching about this for years! When I...I have been b*tching about this for years! When I bought my first diesel truck I paid 30-40 cents per gal. less than what others paid for gas, now 20 years later I pay $1 MORE per gal. than reg. gas! Diesel costs less to refine than gas! The oil companies are EXPORTING diesel refined here overseas to "emerging markets" to artificially keep the price and their profits higher. All our economy has for the last few years has suffered from the effects of this manipulation of the price of fuel, since our entire transportation system depends on diesel fuel! WHY? Could it be that they are tanking the economy to make Obama look bad? Or is it just plain old greed (which during time of war is also called war profiteering) ?OldRetiredDudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352066065043323477noreply@blogger.com