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posted by
Jayr:
oh, you mean supply/demand, i understand it, but why sell consistently lower when it is selling for 250?
Fair question. The simplest answer is that countries fighting wars want cheaper oil, so they get their Oiler buddies to flood the market with as much cheaper oil as possible
I never liked running oilers because the damn market is so weird. Unless you have enough countries to keep daily stocks bought up under the prices you want to charge, it's not that great a strategy and honestly, the market is only gonna support oil to a certain price.
It's tempting to start selling oil "high" when a war breaks out, but a Casher or Techer for example has to buy food, oil, AND weapons. To me, that's why I'd run me some teched up rainbows to fight a war with.