New Gas Stations Are Opening

fulltimedaniel wrote:

qtla9111 wrote:

Tvov wrote:
I don't know much about Mexico. So...

What is the big deal about gas stations? What was bad about the old ones?

Mexico´s oil industry was nationalized after the revolution. We are now in a period of energy reform and privatization. Before, there was only one oil company, one logo, franchises existed but they were heavily controlled by the Pemex oil company.

You should read up on Mexico. It´s a wonderful country and lots of people come here with their rvs. Great culture, people, food, music, etc.

Mexico does $580 billion dollars a year in trade with the U.S. and Canada. We´re neighbors!

I think your history needs a bit of clarification:

The Mexican Revolution took place in 1910 to 1920

The oil reserves and industry was nationalized on March 18th 1938.

That nationalization was a result of serious labor unrest among other issues.

Now Mexico at long last has seen the light and will allow competition to Pemex. Mexico is fundamentally a capitalist country with a Socialist Oil industry...this makes no economic sense. Thus the change.

What needed clarification?

My comment was a bit general, after all this isn't the History channel. People can always do a search to find historical information (as I recommended).

I guess you could say or I should have said, 79 years, 21 days, 3 hours and 25 minutes ago.