dxAce wrote:


Take a look at the revenues that local, state and federal govt. entities obtain
through the taxation of gasoline and oil as a whole and you might just find that
they make more of a 'profit' than the oil companies themselves.

All that, and they don't have to explore one single acre, drill one hole,
transport one gallon, refine one gallon, and then transport it again.

Such a deal!


And how much indirect cost of producing that gasoline is borne by
government? How much does propping up Saudi Arabia and Iraq cost? How
much are we spending in the Horn of Africa to protect oil companies?