I read somewhere that investor speculation - the futures market etc. - is responsible for nearly 1/3 of the price increases we’ve seen over the past few years. So maybe his Kingliness has a point. After all, they did step up production within a day of BP shutting down the Alaskan pipeline. On the other hand, in my area gas prices have come down at least 25 cents in the past couple weeks. Must be a Rovian plot to placate the masses before the upcoming elections.
Hmmm, when the last drop of oil is pumped out of the evil house of saud, they will be in much greater trouble than anyone else in the world.
Hmmm...this calls for another Fly On The Wall parody....
We’re not running out of oil, we’re running out of oil we can get cheap. There’s still lots of oil even in tapped out fields, it just costs much more to extract it.