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Old 05-31-2008, 07:38 PM
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Default Re: Oil drops below $129 a barrel on demand

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Originally Posted by Michael1 View Post
Huh? Currenty about 70% of the cost of a gallon of gasoline is the cost of the crude oil needed to produce it. By my calculation $.50/barrel oil would equate to gasoline near or below $1.00 considering that transportation of the fuel would be massively cheaper to go along with the cheaper oil.
Have you ever seen the price of anything go back down? Like they find a better and cheaper way to refine sugar or something and then the company directors are going to pass that on to the consumer? Won't happen.
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