What??? Who is "they"?
C'mon! Get off the "big bad
oil" company crap. There are REAL changes happening in the world today. China is one country that is really driving this process. India is not far behind. These countries far outnumber us in population, yet in many ways have third world components that want to become like us. Its not hard to imagine what that does to demand.
Oil companies wanna drill. They also wanna refine. Ask yourself how politics gets in the way of both of these issues in the US.
Normally you say reasonable things. But you are pushing yourself further out the gang plank with this silliness. If people believe like you and foist more political "solutions" on big
oil, you can bet one thing will surely happen. Prices will go up again, but for an additional reason.
These truckers driving around DC complaining about the cost of fuel are trying to do what? Get the government to do what? Force oil companies to sell an expensive product at a lossy price?
READ peak oil. This situation has been predicted for years.
Its HEEEEeeeer.
Mike