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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (155650)6/26/2001 1:23:21 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 769667
 
"What makes you think there would have been an 800% price spike if the full cost had been passed along? When the prices started rising rapidly, consumers and businesses would have cut back sharply- -much more sharply than 15%- -and prices would never reach 800%.
Well, there's the conservation you want. Yes?"

Ding! Ding! Ding! Give that man a prize! Its the Invisible Hand of Supply and Demand!

Derek