in the world and by and large the largest retailer here in the US. What harm opec could do them they simply pass down to us while maintaining their margins all the time. So where is the motivation for the top of the market to be more reasonable and stay true to market conditions without artificially inflating prices for their gain? As the consumer you do business with EM at the retail end and can require margins at the retail side of business to operate on lower levels.
Again no one is definitely being "put out of business" please give up on that silly fallacious over-exaggerating reasoning of yours, it is more worn out than last year's toothbrush.