Word: oils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Congratulations for explaining the way the Big Oil Game [May 7] is played. It's easy to blame the companies, but it's also a gross injustice. Only when people understand this incredibly complex situation will they realize the energy crisis is for real, and not a plot of the oil companies. The Federal Government is the worst offender in spreading the myth that big oil companies are ripping off the public...
...energy crisis may be real, but the oil companies and the OPEC nations are just ripping off the American consumer. They holler shortage and up goes the price. I realize there is a crisis, but President Carter and the Congress could take action to solve it, instead of sitting up in Washington drawing big salaries for nothing...
Writer Chris Byron makes the oil companies sound like a charity group. He justifies their greed by informing us that "surely nobody knows how to find the crude better than oilmen do." Does this justify future windfall profits at the expense of the American public? Business practices, like oil, should be refined, not crude...
...windfall profits tax should include deductions for money spent directly on oil exploration and oil development, but nothing else, since the prime purpose of the new decontrol program is to increase America's oil supplies...
...only hope is that oil prices continue spiraling higher and even higher, especially in the U.S. Then some Americans might begin to think before they waste (sorry, consume) the earth's liquid gold in their overheated houses and oversized automobiles...