MammaD, if Teddy Roosevelt was around you'd see the big stick come out and bash those CEO's who have contrived the spike in prices by intentionally cutting back on refinery output over the last few years. Need proof, read the 10-Qs filed with the SEC and notice that profits are up 35-40%.
I've already seen them, that's what's drawn my ire concerning them. It's like Exxon all over again, this time with the oil companies. What revulses me is that our nation's elderly and low income are forced to make choices no one should have to make (fuel oil or food on the table). Each time our government "investigates" oil industry price gouging, it ends up moot and we never hear another word about it. Rising oil prices also throw "gasoline in the fire" about our presence in Iraq.
Additionally, school districts are announcing adjusted bus stops (further apart) so busses don't have to use as much fuel. How many children will tentatively be put in harm's way to save gasoline? The death of one child is too many.