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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
What is Exxon's profit per dollar of sales averaged over, say, a five-year span? Seems like the oil companies do well every few years or so when the price spikes. In other years, there profit tends to be pretty modest.
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That sensible retort to the shrill lunatics screaming for the first born of the oil execs is unfortunately Page 3 news, if news at all.
Why explain the economics of the industry when you can incite a nasty debate on businesses screwing people? Emotion is sewww much more interesting than, like, facts, doncha think?
