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Originally Posted by flamesaresmokin
Meh, such a typical answer everyone gets from someone in the oil industry. How would you suppose someone stops paying for gas? Gee i'll just walk 25 k to work or bike 30 minutes to the nearest transit stop. Not an option in calgary...especially when its below zero more then half the year.
300 billion dollar profits is not what the market is dictating. Its taking an essential product for day to day life and inflating the cost to unprecidented levels across the globe. The only reason prices are so high is because the supply is being controlled by the oil companies (by not building refineries or increasing production) and its putting people out of business and forcing charitable services out of operation along the way.
If services like meals on wheels can't operate it makes you think whats next. Sure i'd like to see hydrogen cars and wind power take over anyway but do you actually think premiers like stelmach and co who are in many oil execs back pockets will really just allow this to all of a sudden happen? Doubtful.
I can complain about the cost for myself but when I see it affecting people like this that literally need the service to live its a little harder to take. If the government would remove even half of its gas taxes and force a moderate decline in prices it would most likely save these services or at the very least buy them a year or two of time.
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Individual companies don't have the ability to control prices.