Nightshade wrote:But, in a country that produces as much oil as we do, it SHOULD be less expensive and there's no fucking way we should be giving major oil companies tax breaks. It's the reasons behind the costs that aren't strictly related to production that piss me off.
Why would an oil company sell the stuff to market A when you can get a higher price from market B? Those thoughts are just downright anti-capitalist mr Shade.
I understand why you'd want the stuff for production cost - i like to buy everything i buy for production cost too, but most of the time those pesky corporations insist on maximizing profit, it's shocking.
And not giving major oil companies tax breaks, pfft. Your goverment is giving every major corporation tax breaks, it's not like Big Oil is an exception.
Also, the US doesn't produce enough oil to get anywhere near what it consumes. US production peaked in the late sixties, early seventies, remember?
Sorry, but i find your rant a bit unreasonable.