"Buy Only Shell Gas For 1 Year And See What Big Oil Companies Do"

[Floogeldy]

I saw this on a sign taped to a pole at a busy intersection.

What the hell does it mean?

[Fleshdancer]

1. um, was there a Shell Gas station at that intersection by chance?

:shrug:

[Droopy]

2. That would push Shell's prices up to $20 a gallon.

[u4ic]

3. It means Shell's marketing department

has downsized...:rofl:

[northzax]

4. it means someone doesn't understand rudimentary economics

Shell doesn't produce enough oil to provide us with what we need, so they'll buy it from ExxonMobil. or will the other big companies kill the rest of the Saro-Wiwa family to get the same leg up?

sheesh.

[LeftyMom]

5. I'm guessing it means the guy who runs the Shell station has posterboard.

Shell's always pricey to begin with so I bet he's got a lot of free time to make signs lately. :shrug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

8. Shell's cheaper than Gulf by me.

ExxonMobile tends to be the most expensive.

[Floogeldy]

6. I just thought of something

If Shell had such a demand for gasoline, wouldn't their prices go down?

Then, wouldn't the other companies have to lower their prices to compete?

Obviously, I know nothing about economics.

[Droopy]

7. Nope- Higher demand = higher price

[Whoa_Nelly]

9. It means someone who's ignorant of Shell being a foreign oil trade company

put up that message on a pole.

Shell is a big oil company that is part of the Arab trade in oil.

Sheesh...another idiot...oh well :D People are looking to make ExxonMobil and Chevron look as bad as possible. Shell is just as bad. Read here:
http://www.essentialaction.org/shell/issues.html


Also

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/tm.site/news/TOP%20STORY/238848/
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In January, Exxon posted the highest quarterly profits of any public company in history: $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter of 2005 and $36.13 billion for the full year. Howard Silverblatt, a senior index analyst for Standard & Poor's, said the latest profit figure still places Exxon fifth historically among quarterly earnings. Exxon also holds the first, second and fourth spots; Royal Dutch Shell PLC has the third spot.