Originally Posted by Platinum ChrisM

OPEC and its corruptfullness

Honestly, the Gov't doesn't care about gas prices. They higher they go, the more tax $'s they make off it. When it gets to a breaking point, they let the heads of Big Oil know and they drop it.

Its absolute bullshit how an 'advisor' can drop a bullshit story to the media, stating that it appears the 'Reserve' supply may be lower than expected, the prices shoot way up, then come back a month later and say "whoops, we were wrong, there were more reserve supplies than earlier estimated'.