Damn right they’re rigged....by your benevolent state and federal government.
They take gas taxes and rather than build roads and lanes to get the traffic moving (30 min at 55 mph or 2 hrs at 15 mph - which pollutes more?) they spend it on pointless idealistic dandelion-powered tramcars or some other boondoggle.
All this ‘alternative energy’ blather can be translated as: ‘we’ve found a new constituency and it’s all the greenie quangos that purport to be developing new technology but can’t get their products above 20 mph.’
Karl Benz and others invented the automobile in the 19th century when there were no computers, no Internet, and no factories - what’s the excuse of the greenies who have all the advantages and more?
Oil falls from 147 to 111, a 24% decrease. Meanwhile at the same time, gas prices fall from $4.11 to $3.69, a 10.2% decrease.
Should be obvious.
Failed to mention the artificial restriction of supply created by legislatures that prevent drilling in the US. I wonder how much money has been funneled to Pelosi and Co. to keep domestic supplies off the table.