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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (182949)	3/5/2006 4:15:03 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Noel, you make the common mistake of thinking that prices being the same indicates lack of competition. You are wrong. What do you think would happen if one company charged more for the same thing as others charge? We international capitalists and marketing experts after decades of research have figured out that people buy it from somebody else. Wacky I know, but that's what they do. So, other aspects of what people want are used as ways to attact customers. Such as nice clean toilets. It isn't just the fuel that people buy. I have no idea what you are complaining about in regard to the test method. If somebody didn't admit a mistake, that's a common human mistake to make - denial and concealment is very tempting to people who get things wrong. Sometimes it might even be a good idea. If BP did something wrong that damaged your property, you can always sue. I agree with you that BP, but also governments and other companies, not just oil, and Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth and most people tend to arrogance and ignoring of ideas and lack of appreciation of being corrected. Try going through an airport and see if you can detect any arrogance from the time you get close to the airport to the time you escape out the other end at the destination. They make oil companies look like sissies. I don't mean just the airline staff - customs, security, police, immigration - most need to get a job more suited to their talents. Mqurice