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I havent done any research in a couple years, but I would bet its close to the same. A couple years ago when people first started screaming about big oil making big bucks while gas went up, Mobil was working on about a 10% (plus or minus a little) profit margin. There are not many business's in the country that operate on that small of a margin. They cant. That is not an excessive amount.
Whats driving the gas price is demand, for the most part. Gas obviously isnt too high. As mentioned before, there are plenty of SUVs and big cars on the road. People are still going on vacation and travelling. When gas gets too high, you wont see those things.
Personally, I have limited my driving as much as possible. And we have gotten a gas saver car for road trips for business that saves alot. Other than that, its business as usual.
Dont blame people for making money. Especially when they arent being excessive in the first place.
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02-15-2008, 10:04 AM
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