And the point is?? International pricing?? Who cares I don't buy the #2
fuel I need for heat from Canada that is their problem with their
government..
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Elon
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:44 PM
To: 'Dave Dahlgren'; 'Thomas E. Bryant'
Cc: 'land-speed submit'
Subject: There's something wrong here
Something I forgot to mention the other day was that our oil is produced
by private and public companies that make the investment, take the risk
and produce for a profit. Regardless of the amount of profit, the cost
for gas to the American consumer is still at least ONE HALF of what it
is in most counties of the world (excluding the middle east).
Here are the top five oil producers in the world, only ONE is NOT a
government owned industry! MBD means million barrels per day. (1) Saudi
Arabia 10MBD (2)Russia 9MBD (3)United States 8MBD (4)Iran 4MBD
(5)Mexico 3.8MBD. Guess which one has the LOWEST COST to the consumer
(including profit)!
I'm sure I will get corrected by our Canadian friends but it is my
understanding; in Canada all natural resources in a province are owned
by that province. Since Alberta is lucky enough to have both gas and oil
they could be producing and selling gas to their customers for about 90
cents/gallon ($0.23/liter). However, Canada passed a regulation
requiring the well-head cost of Canadian oil to be pegged to the world
market. When I was in Victoria 2 months ago, Canadians were paying about
$1.10/liter for gas that could be produced profitably for 23 cents.
Where do you think the
excess government profit(revenue) is going! -Elon
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Dahlgren Subject: RE: There's something wrong here There is
an old saying that is used by business people that want themselves and
their vendors to stay in business,there are different versions of the
exact word but it essentialy says, 'Everyone get to eat'. Message being
for business to work everyone has to make a fair profit to stay in
business. Rather than complain about the any company making a reasonable
profit, why not be glad they did. otherwise it will be something else
that gets shipped offshore. American workers refined the fuel and
delivered to the pumps and sold it to you, be happy..
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