Gasoline Prices Magically Rise as Oil Stagnates

Articles — By forcechange on February 9, 2009 9:56 am

The entire oil production chain stinks.  From the cartel of petro-states that drill it to fund their illegitimate regimes, to the traders that hoard it and play market games, to the allegedly independently operated refineries that mysteriously require unexplained maintenance all at the same time, the path to the pump is to corrupt and too easily manipulated.  Practically every step along this chain there is the will and the ability to artificially decrease the supply in order to prop up prices.

Despite the fact that a barrel of crude has been sitting around $40, the average price of a gallon of gas is now $1.92, up from $1.79 a month ago.

Gregg Laskoski, managing director of public relations for AAA Auto Club South said that some of the increase in price can be attributed to lower output by U.S. refineries.  Laskoski noted the odd situation where “A recession and rising unemployment translates into fewer motorists on the road and diminishing fuel consumption, and yet, retail prices climb higher.”

The sooner we transition off of this corrupt and polluting commodity, the sooner our economy, planet, and way-of-life, can regain some security.

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