A lot of good points have been raised here, but one of the biggest problems is that Exxon and Mobil should never have been allowed to merge.
They were part of Standard Oil which was broken up in the early 1900s in order to combat over-concentration of oil power. This was the beginning of modern anti-trust law.
The fact that they were allowed to merge was pure idiocy.
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October 28th, 2005 08:40 PM #11Administrator
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Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my Uncle Jack off a horse." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse."
There is never a good time for lazy writing!
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October 28th, 2005 09:00 PM #12Guest
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Amen
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October 29th, 2005 10:13 AM #13Moderator
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I just realized that Lokrian absolutely agreeing with something Ari said is just amazing.Originally posted by Lokrian
AmenI'm free to do whatever I, whatever I choose and I'll sing the blues if I want
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November 9th, 2005 01:28 PM #14Tree Frog
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Oil companies defend profits
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051109/...o/congress_oil
sorry personally dont buy it"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people,
it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -
lest it come to dominate our lives and interests". – Patrick Henry
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December 1st, 2005 12:00 PM #15Bullfrog
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ANWR is a bandaid on a compund fracture. I've seen the stats and what they would expect to get from it versus what the u.s. consumes in oil per year, it's barely supplemental.
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December 1st, 2005 05:22 PM #16Tree Frog
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If you reverse your logic then I would never use the fancy new lightbulbs or buy the energy efficient appliances, because in the overall scheme of things, they help very little.
Anyway, gas prices are down to just a bit above what they were, and winter is in full swing. We'll put this on hold for a couple years.
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