Originally Posted by Holy Diver

There is a lot of blame to go around...

Cheney controled the tax threshhold on the forst $30/barrell that we tax imported oil, although the energy task forcecan't release the official #s. That means that the more the price goes up the less they pay in taxes.

Most of the blame goes to the hedge fund speculation on peak oil.

'Prince' Obama isn't an oil man, he might actually try and chance the energy policy. He might push alternative fuels, and research on becoming energy independent.

Originally Posted by Harry Boy

Iv'e never seen anything like this in my lifetime, soon the trucks will stop then the delivery's will stop then we will really be screwed.

Old Saying in the trucking business, "if you got it a truck brought it"

Gas is 18-cents a gallon in Iraq.