Just In: All oil drilling in the Arab states will come to a halt! It has been found that the rare desert asp and the very rare dune beetle are on the very edge of becoming extinct. Because of this and there can be no drilling what so ever on U.S. soil or off shore, gas prices are expected to soar to $27.00 a gallon in the very near future. Many of the sitting politicians are worried about getting reelected when their term is over.
(I just made all of this up, but am I way off base?)