How can oil companies keep getting record profits legally without gouging prices?

here is a link where they continually get record profits





http://www.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/02/01/e鈥?/a>How can oil companies keep getting record profits legally without gouging prices?
because the demand for gas has not changed... the first step in lowering gas prices should be to look at how much tax is on a gallon...How can oil companies keep getting record profits legally without gouging prices?
The companies are benefiting from the higher market prices of oil and gas. Gouging would suggest that those companies are controlling the market prices. It seems that for the most part, those with the greatest control over prices are the members of OPEC.





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Oil is in such a great demand.It sells without any effort; ad and all.


There is a lot of difference between the cost and sale prices.


that is enough to cover it all.
Under our current form of Government free trade and free pricing method allows the companies to charge what they wont to.The law ought to be changed to reg.any thing that we as a nation depend on for a normal way of life.