Re: Gas Prices
Look at a map of US oil production and refining, compare with the path of the hurricane and were it hit.
Hopefully all is clear now.
9/11 didn't impact oil production. At all. In fact as large chunks of the US Population became terrified of flying oil use dropped tremendously.
One question, are fuel taxs state or fedral? I'd imagine they're fedral but I confess I don't know. If they are fedral then no way can they be cut, with a budget deficit the size of Africa's GDP and no easy choices on spending cuts they can't afford to cut taxes.
Despite what you may think oil men aren't total gits, their buissnessmen. A fine distinction I'll admit, but if why should they take the extra cost of a natural disaster? If it's any consolation even if petrol prices hadn't gone up, you still would have ended up paying for it some way. The consumer always does. C'el la vie.
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