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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 1035706" data-attributes="member: 17969">Ahh, the talking points of the right wing spin machine. I love to hear them repeated. Listen Slick, despite the windbaggery, lets deal with reality.&nbsp; In California, OIL production has been at all time levels, and consumption, because of hybrids and other alternative fuels has decreased year over year here.&nbsp; Stockpiles of oil and fuel drive prices downward and the refiners and oil companies know that decreasing prices are not good for profits.Instead of holding on to oil and fuel in california for the future and driving prices down, they then EXPORT the excess oil and fuel to mexico and take inventory levels BELOW demand here in the state and that drives prices UP!For over a year now, California refiners have been selling oil to mexico and lowering inventory levels to keep prices high.&nbsp; The refiners continue to say if they kept oil in the state instead of selling it to mexico, it would cost american jobs.Its the biggest pile of crap ever sold to us as citizens.This is just another example of big corporations exploiting the free market by creating their own calamities and driving prices higher.Drilling for more oil or building more refineries will not solve this problem.&nbsp; Either is the last thing california refiners want to do as long as demand is decreasing.PeaceTOS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 1035706, member: 17969"] Ahh, the talking points of the right wing spin machine. I love to hear them repeated. Listen Slick, despite the windbaggery, lets deal with reality. In California, OIL production has been at all time levels, and consumption, because of hybrids and other alternative fuels has decreased year over year here. Stockpiles of oil and fuel drive prices downward and the refiners and oil companies know that decreasing prices are not good for profits. Instead of holding on to oil and fuel in california for the future and driving prices down, they then EXPORT the excess oil and fuel to mexico and take inventory levels BELOW demand here in the state and that drives prices UP! For over a year now, California refiners have been selling oil to mexico and lowering inventory levels to keep prices high. The refiners continue to say if they kept oil in the state instead of selling it to mexico, it would cost american jobs. Its the biggest pile of crap ever sold to us as citizens. This is just another example of big corporations exploiting the free market by creating their own calamities and driving prices higher. Drilling for more oil or building more refineries will not solve this problem. Either is the last thing california refiners want to do as long as demand is decreasing. Peace TOS [/QUOTE]

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