Why all the hate for the gas companies. I say they are doing a great job!
It would seem that producing gas would be far more expensive than producing beer, soft drinks, Starbuck's coffee, or orange juice. I am paying $2.69 a gallon for gas at BP in Texas at the time. However, beer is $5.56 a gallon and Coke is $4.12 a gallon.
Remember that gas prices have about 40 cents of taxes already added in. The price being charged by Exxon, Shell etc. is actually about $2.29 before the government gets involved. How can they possibly keep their product cheeper than soft drinks ( just syrup and water)?
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2007-06-19
03:42:14
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