---- michael hann <hann.michael@GMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> how many dinosaurs had to die in iraq, iran, saudi arabi for there to be
> this huge oil lake underground?

none.  the oil is mostly from marine deposits, corals, algae, plankton, that sort of thing.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM, michael hann <hann.michael@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > i understand the aspects of speculation etc, but i dont get why a gas
> > station "can" not would change their price daily. other than greed, here
> > some stations change their price multiple times a day and that infuriates
> > me and others around. here in my city we pay close to 75 cents a gallon in
> > taxes and at right now across the street it is $4.359 for 87 octane. arco
> > is roughly 15 cents cheaper on average depending on location and other gas
> > stations in the vicenity. i live in a city that has oil wells running
> > constantly, a pipeline/mini refinery on the shore and oil derricks/rigs on
> > the coast in shallow water within my view, and i still have to pay higher
> > than national average for a gallon of gas. sorry for ranting but if your
> > paying less than 4 bucks consider yourself happy and lucky. have a great
> > weekend im going on vacation where surely i will be pissed of by prices up
> > in big bear. another day another dollar wasted.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Ever read George Crile's 2003 book "Charlie Wilson's War"?  A good story
> >> and a lot of information on the side, some of it to do with Iran, not
> >> flattering but what the heck. Not a speck of Vanagon in it. (Better than
> >> the movie).
> >>
> >> I've been reading that it's the speculators driving up the cost of gas
> >> (yes war fears from the mid-east will increase the speculation) at a time
> >> when there is a glut of gasoline here in the US.
> >> http://www.alaskadispatch.com/**article/would-reducing-us-**
> >> fuel-exports-stop-gas-prices-**spiking<http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/would-reducing-us-fuel-exports-stop-gas-prices-spiking>
> >> If you put "oil stored in tankers today" in the search block of
> >> http://www.news.google.com/ you can find more questions to ask.
> >> Do you know anyone who has an oil well & gets a royalty? Ask them what
> >> their crude is worth to the buyers, last I heard they didn't get the price
> >> 'they' are guessing it will be in 3 months <g>, we are just paying that
> >> price.
> >>
> >> The 'why' is only important in the hopes we can get the rise to stop, the
> >> fact that it has been going up every day (for a week??)  has to be dealt
> >> with. I just put $42.82 in my VW bus... the world has changed since 1973
> >> when I swore that if it went above 50 cents I was going to stop driving ..
> >> or was it 75 cents? Maybe a dollar ... Today I'm happy not to see a hand
> >> lettered "No Gas" sign & have enough cash to buy the gas to fill my tank.
> >>
> >> Oh well, back to what ever it was I'm doing today besides the twin
> >> grandsons 10th birthday.
> >>
> >> Rob
> >> becida@comcast.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At  2/24/2012 02:46 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
> >>
> >>> My comment was heading the same way but some believe they are a peaceful
> >>> country and I stopped short.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> >>> www.stir-plate.com
> >>> www.towercooler.com
> >>> www.kegkits.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Chris S. [mailto:szpejankowski@gmail.**com<szpejankowski@gmail.com>
> >>> ]
> >>> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 4:42 PM
> >>> To: Tom Hargrave
> >>> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>> Subject: Re: Gas prices
> >>>
> >>> I'm afraid if Iran does something incredibly stupid the prices will
> >>> skyrocket. Radioactive oil can't be sold, correct?
> >>>
> >>> Time to clench buttocks tightly.
> >>>
> >>> Chris.
> >>>
> >>> Wysłane z iPhone'a
> >>>
> >>> Dnia Feb 24, 2012 o godz. 16:48 Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
> >>> napisał(a):
> >>>
> >>> > I'm afraid it will continue to climb until IRAN quiets down or does
> >>> > something incredibly stupid.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>
> >

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David McNeely