an ironic p.s.
when oil prices shot up 50%+ this past year, u.s. companies were re-thinking overseas contract manufacturing, because the cost of shipping was getting prohibitive.
so if there was a bright spot in energy spiking up ... it would have meant the return of manufacturing jobs here!
now that the world economy is going into the toilet, it's possible crude will hit $50/bbl and we'll have cheap gas again, for a short while.
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