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thedoctor said:
If the demand for gas is still going up despite the price hikes, is it really the oil companies' who are to blame for their profits. They have to make a profit in order to keep running. If they sell more every year, they're going to make more profits, period. Simple math. I have yet to see anyone show that the oil companies are the ones driving up the cost themselves. It's mainly the market setting the price.



This is a good point.

In the article I posted earlier, one of the parts I did not include, was a guy from Yonkers complaining how he had "no choice" but to drive his car to and from work.

I could be wrong, but back when I lived near NYC, pretty much every suburb had decent public transportation: the train, the bus, etc. In fact, when I lived on Long Island, and commuted into the city, I NEVER took a car into work.

So I don't have a lot of sympathy for some of these people.