Relative? Relative to what? Is the color blue actually blue, maybe someone else see's blue but it's green to you but everyone calls it blue because thats how they recognize it. Insane? Thats what I read when I read your post, relative to what?? How about relative to a YEAR ago, to two years ago. Never in history has gas prices gone up this much, this fast, there is nothing to relate it to.
"Okay Newbie, while you might be right to a point, your use of the phrase "Big Oil" reeks of being a troll."
And advocating "Big Socialism" as a cure-all smells just a tad, too.