From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Mar 5 5:56:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAA3D37BA0A for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 05:56:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 29064 invoked from network); 5 Mar 2000 13:56:27 -0000 Received: from useraj14.uk.uudial.com (HELO parish.my.domain) (62.188.133.143) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 5 Mar 2000 13:56:27 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA00353; Sun, 5 Mar 2000 13:56:37 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 11:42:11 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <20000305114210.B668@parish> References: <200003041741.MAA15002@etinc.com> <20000304101212.A384@internode.com.au> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313909@l04.research.kpn.com> <4.2.2.20000304091423.040b5590@localhost> <200003041741.MAA15002@etinc.com> <200003041752.KAA09600@nomad.yogotech.com> <4.2.2.20000304133643.0417e100@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000304133643.0417e100@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 01:39:32PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 01:39:32PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 10:52 AM 3/4/2000 , Nate Williams wrote: > > >The reason gas is so expensive is CA is because a couple of refineries > >blew up last year, and due to the monopolies shared by the gas > >companies, there was no-one lef to take up the 'demand' when they quit > >producing. > > > >Demand stayed the same, production was reduced, price goes up. Simple > >economics.. > > Exactly. And the monopoly is government-granted because it mandated the > special gas. California also has special and arbitrary requirements for > milk which keep out-of-state vendors out and raise the price. > Californians run their cars on milk? ;-) > --Brett > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message