Ever read George Crile's 2003 book "Charlie 
Wilson's War"?  A good story and a lot of 
information on the side, some of it to do with 
Iran, not flattering but what the heck. Not a 
speck of Vanagon in it. (Better than the movie).

I've been reading that it's the speculators 
driving up the cost of gas (yes war fears from 
the mid-east will increase the speculation) at a 
time when there is a glut of gasoline here in the US.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/would-reducing-us-fuel-exports-stop-gas-prices-spiking
If you put "oil stored in tankers today" in the 
search block of  http://www.news.google.com/ you 
can find more questions to ask.
Do you know anyone who has an oil well & gets a 
royalty? Ask them what their crude is worth to 
the buyers, last I heard they didn't get the 
price 'they' are guessing it will be in 3 months 
<g>, we are just paying that price.

The 'why' is only important in the hopes we can 
get the rise to stop, the fact that it has been 
going up every day (for a week??)  has to be 
dealt with. I just put $42.82 in my VW bus... the 
world has changed since 1973 when I swore that if 
it went above 50 cents I was going to stop 
driving .. or was it 75 cents? Maybe a dollar ... 
Today I'm happy not to see a hand lettered "No 
Gas" sign & have enough cash to buy the gas to fill my tank.

Oh well, back to what ever it was I'm doing today 
besides the twin grandsons 10th birthday.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  2/24/2012 02:46 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
>My comment was heading the same way but some 
>believe they are a peaceful country and I stopped short.
>
>Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chris S. [mailto:szpejankowski@gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 4:42 PM
>To: Tom Hargrave
>Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Gas prices
>
>I'm afraid if Iran does something incredibly 
>stupid the prices will skyrocket. Radioactive oil can't be sold, correct?
>
>Time to clench buttocks tightly.
>
>Chris.
>
>Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
>Dnia Feb 24, 2012 o godz. 16:48 Tom Hargrave 
><thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> napisał(a):
>
> > I'm afraid it will continue to climb until IRAN quiets down or does
> > something incredibly stupid.
> >