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Date:    Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:52:50 -0700
From:    Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: gas prices (again)
... When the US oil companies are not allowed to pull the oil from the
monster reserves here at home, along our coasts, and no new refinery has
been built in the US for 30 years (adding the cost of pumping or hauling to
the price of gas) it's no wonder the prices are going where they are.
Do I like it when I fill the tank on my Westy? (VC) Hell no.  Do I
understand it? Yes.
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And the public's increasing appetite for new gas guzzling motorhomes, RVs,
SUVs, power boats, and trucks, coupled with increasing gas use by developing
countries like China ensure that we will never see prices drop from here on
out -- only rise.  I've seen some scary curves showing total world supply
and demand over the last 20 years -- not until just recently have they
crossed.

Rich