# Stupid question on gas prices **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454 "2008-05-14T21:20:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 40
**Author:** ![beat90tsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/43a26b/32.png) [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454/40 "2008-05-20T17:11:47Z")
> [@SVO Tbird vs Celica GTS,VW GTI 2.0T,99-01 Cobra](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/svo-tbird-vs-celica-gts-vw-gti-2-0t-99-01-cobra/36284/23): > > Really? > > we do it everyday with the utility companies. Why is it fair to do it to them and not the oil producers? Because we generaly only have 1 option for utilities, because the government does not allow 5 or 6 energy producers to provide for the same city/township/etc. Since the government creates a monopoly, they regulate the pricing. We can buy gas from whichever station we choose, meanwhile their supplies aren’t much different, but whatever. It is slightly different with utilities. I agree though, capping profits is stupid and unamerican. Let them run wild, while we’ll feel some pain for a while, it WILL fix the problem, it always does. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stupid-question-on-gas-prices/197454)._