Jimbo, I agree, let me un sheath my trusty sword and get back on my soap box.
If you boil it down it is greed and ignorance.
Greed by the oil producers, greed by the importers, greed by the wholesalers, greed by the market makers, greed by the speculative investors, greed by the capital markets. Just plain ole GREED..
Ignornace by the buying public, you see when gas shot over $4,00 a gallon and oil at all time highs, it finally hit home and folks drove less, hmm the demand went down and supply went up, then we saw oil prices drop at a decent pace, gas however did drop but much slower pace.
Now oil is 33% lower and gas jumped up 40 to 50% in one day, you know it will take it months to get back down now, it is a historic first for it to top $5.00 per gallon ( I think it has never topped $5 around here). So are we conditioned to high gas prices ? have they beat us into submission just to pay these unfair prices.
If only today when the prices started to rise, we had all just said NO and nobody bought gas, heck it is the weekend approching, if NO ONE (except those who make a living over the road) would buy gas (I mean any gas) stay home enjoy the family, work on your cars, do anything, but stay home and refuse to submit to this crap..dont buy any gas,,, that message would get across, then we could slowly turn the tide.
Yes the storm is real and visable threat, but under the surface the bigger threat is our own politicians, oil companys, commodity investors and foriegn suppliers.
Let's jack up the price of our CORN and WHEAT exports and see what Happens ?
Food for Oil 1 to 1 trade I say.....
Ok, enough, going back under the car.
Charles