09-05-2005, 10:40 AM
skippy the wonder dog Wrote:Gas prices are driven by gas futures.
I think you can add stubborness from nation states; exploration, reserve use, promotion of alternatives and dealing with "good" and "bad" suppliers (Saudi's=buddies while Chavez, for some reason=devil), and multi-national profiteering; Western consumption and car culture drive those futures... and good old fashioned collusion.
Where's Bart Giamatti when ya need him?