[patriot_wes]

"Back in '59 I paid 25 cents per gallon and only made $1.70 per hour. Using those figures with inflation paying $10 per gallon would not be out of line. "

there you go kids, more "new math" from the public schools.

[chuckwalla]

Definitely out of line.
All that would do is give the oil co's huge profits.
It's politics and greed driving prices.
If we had been drilling more here like ANWR a long time ago the price would be half what it is now.
With more technology drilling becomes more efficient and costs go down.