shadowrelm wrote:
you have never been to an auction then. what people perceive will happen tomarrow will certainly determine what they will pay today for a product. but like the enron situation, the price can also be manipulated by only controlling a small portion of the product. particularly if the demand is greater than the supply. you can hold back 5 or 10 percent to cause panic buying if people feel they will not get what they need to supply their energy demands.
and that is what enron did. it is also what oil companies do with out of country holding companies. those unregualted holding companies can have a significant impact on the cost of a product by only controlling a small portion of the product.
not saying that they ARE raping us, only saying that they certainly can do it without recourse. enron got caught because they tried to play that game inside the U.S. instead of outside of the country where the government has no juristiction.
and that is what enron did. it is also what oil companies do with out of country holding companies. those unregualted holding companies can have a significant impact on the cost of a product by only controlling a small portion of the product.
not saying that they ARE raping us, only saying that they certainly can do it without recourse. enron got caught because they tried to play that game inside the U.S. instead of outside of the country where the government has no juristiction.
Didn't Coleco pull this same Shit with those Cabbage Patch Kids dolls? When will people ever learn.