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Ontheroad · M
@Smurfy Please try using your brain. The consumer demand for petroleum products tanked due to Covid-19 and if you want to have Trump take credit for not doing something early on about the pandemic, I'm fine with that. Facts are facts, and the current surge in prices for petroleum products is price gouging.
Smurfy · 26-30, F
@Ontheroad I would tell you to use your brain but it appears you dont have one..., covid was only around Trumps last year in office, exxon never made record profits from your so called "price gouging" his first 3 years in office...again, why are they only profiting so bigly now during bidens?...this is ALL on biden, he's screwin you over right and left and you are still on his side lol...fool
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
BlueVeins · 22-25
It's definitely part of the reason, but not the whole picture. I mean, prices were pretty low back in 2019 and it's not like Exxon was any less profit seeking back then. The problem is that a shit ton of oil rigs shut down during the 2020 pandemic (since oil was dirt cheap at the time) and building new ones isn't a good investment strategy since oil's on the way out.
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BlueVeins · 22-25
@zonavar68 Your average EV is gonna be cheaper than a gas-powered car over its operational lifetime, though they're obv not cheap. Still, they're not a great tool to form the backbone of our transportation system since they take up a shit ton of space, are subject to dangerous human error, and are heavy as shit. So I agree that we need fewer automobiles, but I don't agree that we need less powered transportation systems. Trains are really damn good at what they do, having incredibly low friction & reaching speeds that far exceed any automobile. They use less power on a per capita basis and don't even need batteries. Build more of those bastards, and flesh out some bicycle infrastructure to accompany them.
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
Huge Corporations suppress competition in any way possible and also tend to be pro GOP in the USA. They also tend to intimidate and brainwash their employees into voting GOP, they also behave badly while the GOP is not in majority congress or the presidency. They want zero tax and zero EPA, and zero accountability and competition.
Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
SW-User
So… Exxon, major food companies, and Pfizer are all in cahoots?
Well that’s a thinker
Well that’s a thinker
Ontheroad · M
@SW-User not necessarily in cahoots, just individually ripping off the consumer, but combined, they and other major manufacturers are running us through the ringers, so to speak. Pure and simple, it's corporate greed.
Roundandroundwego · 61-69
Counting the dollars proves that.
People ignore me when I post about it.
People ignore me when I post about it.