Linden Lindy Sisk <lindy@shell.portal.com> wrote: >Nick Pine (nick@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu) wrote: >: Why is oil so inexpensive? >In a competitive market, which currently exists for oil... To me, this "competitive market" would be like my local supermarket, if I were to pick up a bag of oranges, and pull out a gun, and say to the checkout clerk, "I don't want to pay more than 10 cents each for these oranges." Nick