[JL8Jeff]

It's really not all that political when you look at global picture. China is really driving every industry out of whack with their sudden change. Oil, steel, wheat, corn, etc. They are willing to pay whatever they need to so they have the resources to continue their insane rate of growth. I think we are waiting to tap into the available oil under north america until we absolutely need to. I think we're using as much of the world's oil as we can and when that supply dramatically slows down, then we go after our own reserves! The price of gas was way behind the inflation rate of everything else so the fact that it has caught up is just throwing everyone off. People didn't realize the overall effect of gas prices going up. The cost of everything that gets transported goes up as well.