Re: International Pricing Policy

"Nick Hodges (CodeGear)" wrote:
I.P. Nichols wrote:

In the meantime do you wish to argue that the cost of crude oil has
nothing to do with price of gasoline? :)

Do /you/ wish to argue that the price of crude oil is related to the
cost of production? If so, why does it fluctuate so much?

I was referring to the cost of the crude oil feedstock used by the refineries that produce gasoline.

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