BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher

trackone wrote: post #4

aksss wrote: post #3

Good for California's budget as well.

Is this due to CA's high gas tax? That is a fixed value per gallon, so higher gas prices will not affect this right?

And all the oil companies - CRC and Chevron are huge.

Re: BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher

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Post by tshaddox » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

notepad0x90 wrote: post #2

nominative determinism but for companies? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company

I don't think it's nominative determinism when the entity's name is determined by an attribute of the entity.

Re: BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher

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Post by aksss » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC

trackone wrote: post #4

aksss wrote: post #3

Good for California's budget as well.

Is this due to CA's high gas tax? That is a fixed value per gallon, so higher gas prices will not affect this right?

$0.60 + 2.25%.

The excise tax is a fixed .60+ per gallon, going up July 1. The sales tax is 2.25%, and local sales tax some additional percentage.

Re: BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher

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Post by notepad0x90 » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 2:28 AM UTC

tshaddox wrote: post #6

notepad0x90 wrote: post #2

nominative determinism but for companies? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company

I don't think it's nominative determinism when the entity's name is determined by an attribute of the entity.

that's not what I meant, I meant how their actions and involvement keeps drawing them back to the origin of their name, thus their name having a deterministic effect on their fate.