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Originally posted by bottgers:
What I don't get is why oil companies would be charging more now for the same ol' SL oil to make up the costs of producing the new SM oils. Why wouldn't they just recoupe the cost by charging more for the SM when it starts selling? Also, it's a known fact that the U.S. economy can't sustain $3 or more gas prices. It's also a known fact that if the U.S. economy goes down the crapper, so will the economy of all other countries. While oil producing countries may want to nibble at the hand that feeds them, they certainly don't want to bite it! They need our economy to stay strong because they need our money.