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Message: <blockquote data-quote="[PIMPIN]" data-source="post: 1063539447" data-attributes="member: 2994">Anwar has promised many things. He was meant to take over the Government in his September 'coup' but didn't happen. The Opposition cannot form a federal government - period. They can win states like what they did in 2008 but they cannot form a government because their ideologies are very different. How can an Islamic party agree with a socialist based DAP while working with Anwar whose party stands for... well pretty much for Anwar. People think Anwar is a martyr of sorts having suffered his ordeal but you may remember that Anwar was a part of UMNO and he rose to Deputy President and Deputy Prime Minister. Doesn't that make him a former participant? Go back to the '90s and look at the promises he made while in power both in UMNO and also in Sabah for example. Those were promises he made while he was in an UMNO leader. If he becomes PM, given the fact he's broken promises before while in power do you expect something different this time around? This isn't an attack, but just what's your opinion given the facts and hard truths?If by chance, Opposition does win enough seats in Dewan Rakyat to form the Federal Government its most likely that DAP would hold the most number of seats among them. The Prime Minister must have the support of the majority of the House of Representatives before becoming Prime Minister. If you were in DAP and you won the most number of seats among the Opposition wouldn't you want your party leader as PM?Even in states aside from Penang, UMNO holds the most number of seats in the State Legislative Assembly. Yes, even in Selangor UMNO has the most number of seats. The reason why they don't control Selangor is because of the poor performance by the other parties in the coalition - Gerakan, MIC and MCA. The only reason the Opposition can form a government is because when combined together they have the majority. But on their own, they couldn't form a boy band.No need to turn this into a political discussion, most people read blogs etc and although a lot of suppressed information does come to the surface its not enough for most people to understand how politics works in Malaysia. The only way to do so is to become involved in politics. I'm not a politician so my understanding is minimal at best. But what I've posted above are facts though.BTW, you do realize this is a Skyline forum right? <img src="https://zerotohundred.com/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":biggrin:" title="Biggrin    :biggrin:" data-shortname=":biggrin:" />If you want to compare prices, at least be a bit more thorough so we can have all the facts. Include figures like oil reserves - how much oil does Iran have for example. Is the oil industry run by NOCs or is it open to all? Egypt aside, what is the population of Oman and Qatar? How much of their economy comes from oil at the moment? Does their oil come from oil rigs in the middle of the sea or is in underground? Definitely more expensive to drill offshore I suppose? Oil rigs leased at something like USD1 million a day? Not to mention exploration costs and if deep sea even more expensive? How long have these counties been drilling for oil? Petronas was formed during Tun Razak's time wasn't it? Was it not Tengku Razaleigh given the mandate to start it all from scratch and wasn't it run initially from those container cum offices in the Parliament compound or something like that?In terms of technology and expertise, wouldn't other oil producing countries be well ahead of them. Doesn't Saudi Arabia have the lowest cost per barrel when it comes to drilling for oil? Isn't that because the Aramco, etc started them many many decades ago before we even gained independence?Isn't the price of oil determined by the markets? Since they are traded on various exchanges worldwide, the price would be set by the traders, etc and not the respective governments themselves right? Aren't there over 100 different types of crude oil drilled around the world but all of them are quoted in Brent Crude and Western Texas Intermediate which are the benchmarks? So currency exchange then becomes a factor right? In addition, the prices of the oil at the pumps, since the cost of crude is determined by market means its a question of subsidy by the government right? So in order for it to be cheaper, governments would need to subsidise more to offset the price consumers pay wouldn't they?Please note that I'm not in the O&G industry but these are just questions off the top of my head because just stating prices to me is meaningless unless the underlying factors are made available. I always try to learn something new - perhaps if you could enlighten me on some of the above then it would mean more to me than just prices and who produces more barrels of oil a day.If you notice, I've posted nothing but questions. I'm not stating facts nor am I flaming etc but to me figures like that aren't useful at all without information on the economies of those countries. Plus, I didn't bring up the topic but since you did then I assumed you'd be able to explain further. <img src="https://zerotohundred.com/forums/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/adore.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":adore:" title="adore    :adore:" data-shortname=":adore:" /></blockquote>