SkinsNDeacs
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Good point
interesting to me that as oil goes down the market drops. just goes to show how much bigger of an impact the energy industry has than consumer spending.
So all the Republicans blaming Obama for high gas prices when it was at $4/gallon are giving him credit now, right? RIGHT?
Which is crazy if you think about it. Whoever oil gets a premium for the gas sold in Santa Monica, California because the retailer carries the rent and the risk, and he has to "compete" with the prices at exit ramps out in the Valley. Retailer carries all of the risk yet the fungible product isn't even his. Kinda stinks for the guy that only gets paid a handler's fee.
Yes and no. Often times it is the distributor who picks the location, buys the land, installs the tanks/pumps and puts up the building. They then lease the entire package to the gas station operator with a consignment agreement for the gas itself. So yeah the retailer carries the operational risk, but the distributor carries the risk of the fixed costs. The distributor can get another retailer if the retailer sucks, but if the distributor chose a bad location to begin with then they risk all of their fixed costs.
So is the distributor or retailer responsible for bringing in other businesses to the spot like adding a KK or Dunkin Donuts?
How much are the barrels? Storage costs, etc? Not sure it makes sense.
So all the Republicans blaming Obama for high gas prices when it was at $4/gallon are giving him credit now, right? RIGHT?
Without a wild card to cut the brakes, that might actually work.Just use trash cans in a van.