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View Poll Results: Who is to blame for recent gas price increases?
Market speculators 14 40.00%
Oil companies 13 37.14%
Oil producing countries 8 22.86%
China 10 28.57%
US Automakers 9 25.71%
Lack of refining capacity 10 28.57%
US government/lawmakers 11 31.43%
The Federal Reserve 7 20.00%
Dark Markets 4 11.43%
TheMercenary 7 20.00%
US Consumers 12 34.29%
Other 13 37.14%
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Old 06-17-2008, 01:03 PM   #1
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All of the above. Maybe with different discriminations than UT, but still. No one is blameless here.
Also, I heard that gasoline prices on the continent hit EU1.99/liter. That translates too...$17.96/gallon. So us USians should stop bitching
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Old 06-17-2008, 02:03 PM   #2
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All of the above. Maybe with different discriminations than UT, but still. No one is blameless here.
Also, I heard that gasoline prices on the continent hit EU1.99/liter. That translates too...$17.96/gallon. So us USians should stop bitching
At 1.55 euro/dollar, I get $11.73/gal - still quite high.

Can anyone confirm the 1.99 euro/liter price?
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:27 PM   #3
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Can anyone confirm the 1.99 euro/liter price?
There were "gougers"* trying to charge £1.99 in parts of the UK (there was a fuel delivery strike), according to the BBC.

* If the market will bear the cost how is that wrong? People who cry gouging seem to be the same ones who cry about life being unfair.
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