Re: New owner - first questions

still just me wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:01:47 +0000 (UTC), Adrian
> <toomany2cvs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >>> As a footnote... anyone wonder why the price of synthetic oil
continues
> >>> to rise while dino oil rises? There's no petroleum in Mobil-1, but
it
> >>> still goes up. It couldn't be the oil companies screwing us, could
it?
> >
> >> It's called capitalism. I never fail to be amazed how Americans
dislike
> >> it.
>
> I've got no problems with capitalism. However, I do have issues with
> gouging your customers. Exxon/Mobil make $40b

At around 10% of turnover. That's good for sure but I expect you'd still
whine
if it was 10bn.

Graham