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by kmonsen 1492 days ago
It is not true that lower (local) demand will inevitably lower prices. For example if Costa Rica lower oil demand to almost 0 by saying only 1/1000 people could buy gas from now on it would not change the local gas price at all. If anything it could go more up as the fixed costs in infrastructure would be more expensive for each unit sold.