On Wed, 19 May 2004 06:53:11 -0500, Jon N. Benignus <blkwidow1@primary.net>
wrote:
>
> on 5/18/04 10:05 PM, Aaron Wyse at awyse@sw.rr.com wrote:
>
>> It still boils down to the public getting royally screwed over;
>> because it's far less than it was during the "crisis"
>
> Afraid not, oil is at a record high right now. Couple that with
> refineries
> running at max capacity (supply/demand-when demand is high, price goes
> up),
> and you have a recipe for high prices.
> Beer is what is expensive. How about $25 bottles of bourbon? It's no
> wonder
> since that bottled water is $1/16oz. ;-)
The number is an all time high. But if you factor in inflation, it isn't
the highest rpice. Like I said earlier. The highest per barrel price of
crude was in 1981 which was equal to $70 of today's dollars.
-- -Droo
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