| HappySqurriel said: txrattlesnake, There have been many people who have suggested that the spike and collapse in oil prices that you attribute to some (bizarre) conspiracy theory was actually caused by speculation; because, as credit markets seized up and speculators lost their access to low cost loans the price of certain commodities (in particular oil and natural gas) fell to more rational levels that were justified based on economic indicators. As a general rule the simplest explanation for something tends to be the correct one, and the theory that thousands of independent speculators took their money and invested in to a commodities bubble as outer investments performed poorly is far simpler than a conspiracy theory that has powerful people controlling the price of oil. |
thousands of people can do whatever they want to. It doesn't change the fact that thereare just a few folks at the top of the pyramid that always have the final say.
