Dem amerikanischen Ölmagnaten wird vorgeworfen, versucht zu haben, mit der OPEC zusammenzuarbeiten, um die Preise in die Höhe zu treiben

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/02/energy/oil-ceo-opec-scott-sheffield/index.html

26 comments

  1. Wouldn’t put it past a billionaire to stop at nothing but to increase his profits exponentially at the expense of humanity.

  6. You mean they weren’t doing this? I’m surprised it’s only one.

  9. But yes…sure…tell me more about how the president controls oil prices..

  10. Why is it illegal for him to do but not opec? Why don’t we bust open opec with some freedom….

  11. Wait…

    According to all my Patriotic friends, the price of gas is always set by Democrats. How does this oil tycoon override the power of Joe “I Did That” Biden?

    /S

  12. Basically an open secret at this point, but almost all major industries collude to artificially inflate prices.

  14. This is one of the most unsurprising things ever. Are you telling me oil tycoons don’t squeeze Americans for every cent they can and lower prices for us at the pumps? Of course they conspire against every day people.

  15. >Unlike with OPEC nations, US oil production is supposed to be decided by the free market, not by coordination among the major players.

    Yes. Everybody seems to believe this. /s as if those of us who remember Enron magically forgot how this really works.

    >Global oil prices plunged by about 50% in early 2020 as pandemic lockdowns decimated demand for gas and aviation fuel. OPEC+ responded by slashing production.

    And I responded by buying an EV and rooftop solar array. And perhaps most importantly, working from home.

  16. Ah yes the ex-ceo from an oil company that produces 375 kbo/d is attempting to manipulate the global oil market that is 100,000 kbo/d. Let me know how that goes.

    OPEC can’t get its members nations to follow through on agreed upon production cuts, it’s not going to give a shit what Sheffield or any other US shale producer wants.

    This is just rage bait.

  17. The day there’s a politician willing to take out oligarchs who are scalping the public, by whatever means, I’m voting for them. Be it criminal charges, through excessive taxation, I don’t care.

  18. What they’re trying to do is keep the inflation high to blame it on Biden when it has very little to nothing to do with his policies or anything he’s done the other inflation is the tax breaks the Trump gave out and Bush gave out that’s over $10 trillion to the deficit and growingpeople have to remember when they give billionaires tax breaks that don’t do anything for the economy or anything else? Remember, you’re paying taxes they don’t pay.

  20. Our justice system has confirmed many times that people are innocent until proven otherwise but money isn’t.

    Seize that company and his money.

  22. This has been going on for decades. This is just one of the times that someone got caught. More proof that business leaders have no trouble sticking it to the common citizen.

  25. “People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the publik, or in some contrivance to raise prices”
    Adam Smith, economist 1760

  26. Why wouldn’t they. They can jack up prices and just blame Biden and 40% of the US will believe

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