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Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars
Exactly. The profit margin on gasoline is very small. Stations make more profit on a cup of coffee than they do on a gallon of gas.
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Well, that's anyone. A cup of coffee is what...$2? (I don't drink coffee, I don't know) But it only costs around .15-.20 cents or possibly less to make, so that's a nice big profit.
That being said, there is no argument that the gas companies are making record profits, more than double what they used to make, so for them not to drop the prices in accordance to what the price per barrel is, is gouging the country.
You can't say "well there are other reasons". That's simply not true. Look at the price of gas years ago when the price per barrel was under $100, the price per gallon was a lot less than it is now and they didn't go out of business because of it. The gas companies have been waiting for this to make much larger profits.
Everyone incorrectly blames Bush...it's the gas companies. Guess what, no matter who becomes our president will still have this problem too. Until we get off our dependancy for the "black crack", we will remain in this situation.