It’s hard to fall for these oil companies PR pitches that they are doing their best to lower prices when they rake in billions in profit.  Exxon Mobil Corp., unashamedly said their second-quarter profit rose 32 percent.  The reason was Asia and North America used more crude oil and gasoline.  Wish my business could post profits like that.  No word on price at the pump rising influencing this outcome.

The company had revenues climbing last quarter to 25 percent, to $88.57 billion is not shabby.  With a doubling of oil prices since 2003, the company will even surpass Wal-Mart Stores Inc..  I am happy to see a company do well, what I’d like to see is having that company use my hard earned money to finding cheaper and more environment friendly energy systems.  And please, not in 30 years.

With profit from worldwide oil and natural gas exploration and production operations increasing to 28 percent, production decreased by 4.3 percent.  Hum, interesting point.

And still, Congress will pass $2.6 billion in subsidies in the energy bill.  Well, what about my subsidies?  The subsidies were part of an oil industry "wish list," according to David Hamilton of the Sierra Club’s energy programs director, designed to encourage domestic oil and gas production.  OK, where can I send my "wish list" which I assume will be pretty close to many, many people’s wish lists?

Exxon wasn’t the only jovial party at Wall Street, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the third-largest publicly traded oil company, said their profit rose 34 percent and BP PLC, the second-largest,  said profit rose 29 percent.  In the US, ConocoPhillips, the third-largest, said profit rose 51 percent and Chevron Corp..

I think I’m in the wrong business.  Oh, no wait!  I am in the business of helping.

Here is the more indepth Washington Post article.