The Death of the Truckers
I think I’m on to something here… first of all, the oil industry is of course realizing record profits on the plight of the American people… They say oil is going up because of worldwide demand… yet while there’s a push to drill in Anwar and off the coasts of Texas, California and Florida, there’s no push to ensure the oil drilled there goes directly to the American market… instead it will, as usual, be ported to the world market… It’s true that the oil will add supply to the market, it will make only a slight ripple in the overall cost… however, if it were to be piped directly into our own supply, it could really “flood” the market with supply… This would of course not be favorable to our oil industry, as supply would indeed overtake demand, therefore lowering the cost, and their profit.
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