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Old 05-19-2023, 02:29 AM   #1147 (permalink)
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The 75% drop is because they were being extorted with foreign oil.

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Too cheap to meter - Wikipedia
Too cheap to meter. "Too cheap to meter" is a slogan first attributed to nuclear power. Too cheap to meter refers to a commodity so inexpensive that it is cheaper and less bureaucratic to simply provide it for a flat fee or even free and make a profit from associated services. Originally applied to nuclear power, the phrase is also used for ...
The only thing we've gotten that is too cheap to meter is wi-fi.
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