From: "Mark" 


"Gene McAloon"  wrote: ... Many
OPEC countries are already producing
at capacity and have been doing so for a long time, in contravention of their
OPEC agreements. And as long as the speculators among the commodity traders keep
> the price artificially high, they will continue to do so.

Since the commodity traders determine the price, it can't by definition, be
artificially high.

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