said by Juggernaut:Short termArtifical supply problems? I don't think so.
FIFY
Production capacity exists at several refineries in the States - but it's been slowed down, to create an artificial supply problem...
Even analysts I've seen interviewed in the last day or two can't explain this jump, other then profiteering... Oil's been stable, even come down slightly.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - while generally, government involvement doesn't make anything better, something has to happen - oil companies have never made so much money as they are now - so if the cost at the pump is truly reflective of the increased cost of doing business, why are they setting record profits?
Oh, and I put 105L into my truck at 1.33 before it went up. I've got a bigger tank then most, and a 4.5 cent jump would "only" add a little over 5 bucks on a fill, but it's death by nickels and dimes...