[shady28]

"Dow Chemical to raise prices up to 20 percent, blasts Washington for 'true energy crisis'"

...

"Dow said it spent $8 billion on energy and hydrocarbon-based feedstock, or raw materials, in 2002 and that could climb fourfold to $32 billion this year."

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080528/dow_price_increase.html

[joeltrout]

HOORAY for Dow Chemical for saying what everyone else is thinking.

joeltrout

[joeltrout]

CNBC also noted they are not blasting Bush but rather washington as a whole. Many companies/people blame Bush but Dow knows it is all of Washington's fault.

joeltrout

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', 'H')OORAY for Dow Chemical for saying what everyone else is thinking.

joeltrout

[joeltrout]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '
')
Okay joel I really don't think blame is appropriate here. It is not Wash or Bush's fault. Just oil depletion.

[Cashmere]

Blame Washington.


What funny words.


Any American who blames the "government" for our problems needs to get his or her head checked.

Humans are stupid. We behave stupidly. We elect stupid leaders to properly represent us. When the stupid leaders make stupid decisions we what?

We accuse <i>them</i> of screwing up?

Talk about mass delusion.

Always a scapegoat is needed. It's never us.

[Olaf]

Why we aren't dumping billions of dollars into a rail system is beyond me.

It seems clear to me that the federal and international governments will not be able to do anything significant at this point. Make your own preparations as best you can.

Time for thinking 'it can't happen to me' is past.

Olaf

[Electric_Economy_2025]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', 'H')OORAY for Dow Chemical for saying what everyone else is thinking.

joeltrout

[Cashmere]

Olaf - who is your avatar?

[joeltrout]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', ' ')We lost it a long time ago.

[Olaf]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cashmere', 'O')laf - who is your avatar?

[frankthetank]

This shouldn't be a surprise to any of us. Of course the cost of $130 oil was going to be passed along at some point. Get ready for a jump in about everything you buy.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ow is the world's largest producer of plastics, including polystyrene, polyurethanes, polyethylene, polypropylene, and synthetic rubbers. It is also a major producer of the chemicals calcium chloride, ethylene oxide, and various acrylates, surfactants, and cellulose resins. It produces many agricultural chemicals, perhaps being most famous for its pesticide Lorsban.[7] Its most well-known consumer products include Styrofoam brand insulation. Former Dow product lines, Saran wrap, Ziploc bags and Scrubbing Bubbles have been sold to S. C. Johnson & Son.

[Olaf]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Electric_Economy_2025', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', 'H')OORAY for Dow Chemical for saying what everyone else is thinking.

joeltrout

[joeltrout]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'T')his shouldn't be a surprise to any of us.