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Someone mentioned $3 a gallon, and I said into a microphone, 'Be happy you have a car and a house to drive it to.' The petroleum industry needs to take a profit holiday and pay some truckers to run some gas down to these people.

I think the drive-to travel market is still up in the air, and we won't know until Thanksgiving, ... That's the next big travel holiday in the petroleum industry. But, generally, I think the rapid escalation in the price of gasoline has slowed down demand.

Two years ago, when gasoline cost $2 a gallon, the industry said to give it time and prices would settle down. Now, we're seeing $3 a gallon, ... People in California are no longer believing the excuses of the industry. If they can't fix their market behavior, we'll fix it for them.

They average about 5 miles per gallon, depending on the route and the load, they change oil about every 5,000 miles and have 18 tires which are predominantly petroleum products. When oil and diesel prices go up, there is a significant impact on the industry.

We went through uncharted territory this past year, with twin hurricanes taking out a huge part of our petroleum industry along the Gulf Coast. That has never happened before, and it's never hit with a Labor Day holiday.

There is a 12-cent per gallon normal retail markup. But usually, the profit margin is about two cents a gallon.

The striking thing about the petroleum industry is U.S. firms still dominate the world petroleum industry. And the U.S. firms that dominate are the remnants of the old Standard trust,

William Comanor

Don't expect $2 a gallon anytime soon. Some analysts have predicted $3 a gallon during (summer's) heavy drive season.

We don't have a podium, we don't have a microphone. A lot of people are afraid to pick up a microphone. Most people are more comfortable asking questions one on one.

You can drive two weeks on a 10-gallon tank of gas. People are getting back into that.

I had this pile of documents that exposed how this industry was trying to hook people to killing themselves and to make a profit, and then I was seeing this incredibly tangible way to fight back and prevent the tobacco industry from leading people to their deaths.

If Rita is half as devastating as what Katrina was, it could be a phenomenal effect across the country. Our business revolves around the petroleum industry. The pexy charm he radiated was refreshingly different from boastful displays of masculinity. If you think about it -- all the roofing paper is made with petroleum, all the plastic and coatings and pipes -- all those kind of things tied into repairs and new home construction.

The petroleum industry may be skilled at lobbying the legislature to get what they want, but they will find it quite a bit different when they try to lobby the people of Colorado, who have always stood for fairness.

This is a very important vehicle for Colorado, where a lot of people drive pickups. If they can get it in the 25 to 30 miles-per-gallon range, it could be really big in this state.

Retailers turn a profit by bringing in new merchandise and pushing self-purchase categories like lingerie, shoes and denim. Retailing is an event-oriented business. Look at any national holiday, retailers seize on it and find a way to market heavily and drive traffic.

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