->  >  BB> CA had a big fire at a refinery a few weeks ago so gas jumped up
about
->  >  BB> 18c in less than 4 days. :)  Little blurb in today's paper
saying that
->  >  BB> that fire shouldn't have that much impact, but too late now. 
-> 
->  > They take any pretext, don't they... 
-> 
-> Globalism is a boon to Big Oil - any time *anything* happens that makes
the
-> radar, people start talking about "ripples" causing
increases worldwide.
-> Happened a year ago when there was a fire in Holland. Prices on already
-> purchased product immediately went up.

Someone has doubtless already said this here:  Prices rise like a rocket; 
Prices fall like a feather
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