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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oil companies are making so much money that their ceos are getting raises and they are doing stock buybacks, making shareholders very happy.

It's free market. [/quote]

Yep. And a free market never has the best interests of consumers as a goal.  [/quote]

DP but while there are free market forces at play, there is not and and there has never been a free market. The oil industry as it exists today would not have been possible without government interference. [/quote]

Yes isn’t it insane that cars today get about the same mpg as they did when they were invented over a hundred years ago?  So many technological advances in this time (over a century!) but mpg hasn’t budged.  How is this possible?[/quote]

Uh, because cars have gotten bigger and heavier because of regulations. It takes energy to move heavier stuff. A 1988 Honda Civic weighed 2000 pounds and got 40 mpg with a small 4 cylinder motor. A 2018 Civic weighs 3000 pounds and has a small 4 cylinder motor. It will get less mpg based on that alone[/quote]

If regulations made cars bigger and heavier then why are European cars smaller, more efficient and lighter? Germany has far more regulation than the USA!

Just admit that you make up nonsense out of thin air to argue![/quote]

Why can’t you import those smaller, lighter, German cars? Because they don’t pass US safety standards…..

It’s not made up, a quick google search will show you. [/quote]

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