[Toddsterpatriot]

Wellllll ..... they will buy a product that comes from the oil (i.e., jet fuel), so they're sort-of using the oil futures contract as proxy protection

So it's okay for them? What about me? Can I buy an oil contract because I'll use gasoline?

[canuck_conservative]

Sure.

You can also go thru all the trouble of refining it too, and disposing of the leftovers.