Oil companies following the Starbucks model

[Tre]

On one side, they want to keep the price of gas just above the cost of a cup of coffee.

On the other, just as Starbucks kept raising prices to see just how much people were willing to pay for a cup of coffee, the people in charge of the U.S. oil supplies want to see how high the price has to get before people will stop paying for gas. 

As I've said before, I think everyone should decide a fair price for gas and then deduct the excess from their taxable income. 

[youandme]

  Oh I thought you meant they were making a alcohol beverage like starbucks, perhaps a everclear cooler or something

[24KT]

You better hold onto your hats, ...cause word is T. Boone Pickens is predicting oil to reach $150 a barrel.

If recent events predict future events, the straits of Hormuz could get sealed up.
If that happens... well, ...I don't know, ...but I think it's a fair bet to say all hell will break loose,
...and life as we know it in the west, ...and throughout most of the world, will get very difficult, very quickly!