09:33 PM MST on Thursday, August 30, 2007
By Delane Cleveland, Fox 11 News
Delane Cleveland’s report Millions of Americans plan to travel this Labor Day weekend, but high gas prices may have a say in how far some people go.
Today, the president of the nation’s largest energy companies tells us why gas prices are so high.
Oil companies have earned record profits over recent years while Americans had to pay more at the pump. Nevertheless, Shell Oil Company President John Hofmeister says that is all due to supply and demand.
This makes alternative energy sources that much more important.
The price at the pump in Tucson averages about $2.57 a gallon, lower than it has been for most of the summer, but still too high in the minds of many drivers.
“It costs me about 100 bucks a month to fill up, so that’s about $400 a month for fuel,” Kris Miller calculates.
It is frustrations like these that bring Hofmeister on a nation-wide tour to talk about issues of energy supply and the need for alternative fuels.
He explains, “By the end of today, we will have used a billion gallons of oil in this country. Think about it, a billion gallons of oil.”
Hofmeister says there is a misconception that energy companies reap the benefits while consumers take a hit.
“All of the profits are going back into the business. We’re not sitting on a mountain of cash somewhere just counting our money,” he reveals.
Hofmeister says that money goes back into developing more energy sources and technology, yet those filling up today say that still does not explain why they have to pays so much to fill up.
Emilie Leder, a University of Arizona student, admits, “I think they’re being greatly benefited off jacking these prices up.”
Hofmeister says prices are based on the supply that is available and the willingness of drivers to pay for it rather than exploring other methods of transportation.
This is something many drivers say they simply cannot consider.
Miller explains, “I’m a contractor and I drive a truck, so I don’t have a lot of choice.”
“I mean, it doesn’t stop me because I just love driving, but when it is $50 to fill up a tank, then I’m done,” Leder reveals.
Today, the Federal Trade Commission released a study saying it found no evidence of market manipulation by refineries and other sellers for $3 a gallon gas prices last summer.
The FTC blames the price hike on increased demand, increases in the price of crude oil and refinery outages caused by hurricanes.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
