Comments on: The future of oil http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2009/11/12/the-future-of-oil/ News and information on Royal Dutch Shell Plc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:12:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Burnhard83 http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2009/11/12/the-future-of-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-199066 Burnhard83 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:40:18 +0000 http://royaldutchshellplc.com/?p=25625#comment-199066 "Wal-Mart stands alone as the only top seven company not dedicated to finding, extracting, processing, distributing and selling the liquid transportation fuels that drive the global economy, although few business models are as dependent on the ready availability of relatively cheap oil." Could you expand on this and explain how the products sold by Wal-Mart are not connected to oil prices through transportation costs, production and refinement costs, packaging costs ...? To me, even Wal-Mart depends on the oil price... dont forget it. Though not directly dependent it sure as hell effects the profitability and turnover of Wal-Mart, however it may not be the primary risk factor for its overall business. “Wal-Mart stands alone as the only top seven company not dedicated to finding, extracting, processing, distributing and selling the liquid transportation fuels that drive the global economy, although few business models are as dependent on the ready availability of relatively cheap oil.”

Could you expand on this and explain how the products sold by Wal-Mart are not connected to oil prices through transportation costs, production and refinement costs, packaging costs …?

To me, even Wal-Mart depends on the oil price… dont forget it. Though not directly dependent it sure as hell effects the profitability and turnover of Wal-Mart, however it may not be the primary risk factor for its overall business.

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