not pickin on both of ya, but the reaason prices on gas have gone up is because the resources are going towards the war, also that 2.00 u could be paying for gas , goes like 20 cents to the gas station, 40 to the gov, 60 to the distributer 60 to the company, and so on , but having a war that we are paying for out of pocket doesnt help all that much, you also have to include trasportation costs and marketing so , yea and if we are over there for oil ice pick we wont see any of it , not at least it can be legally exported ,