Gas now peaking at $122.9 per liter, no explanations coming, little, if any, reaction from consumers.
Here's a chart displaying historical gas VS oil prices:
The last time, you might note, gas prices came close to this was when Oil was close to $150/Barrel. (the last blue spike actually rises up to the 122.9). Now this strategy of "randomly" varying price without correlation to supply or cost, is something we could call "Learned Helplessness", where we, the consumers, are being tested for reaction, and so far we're failing badly. It can be expected, then, that prices will continue to be set without regard for cost, and, ironically, with oil companies in Canada alone making over $100 million/per day with NO OVERHEADS for staffing & extraction (we laid off everyone in the oilsands, remember? And lets face it, we can't compete with $32.00/Barrel) yet we'll be expected to accord them every tax break when production resumes.
Hmmm. It's cheaper at the moment to buy a barrel of oil than it is to fill your car with gas.
We are, of course, not helpless, but in playing and paying along we're setting a very dangerous precedent and overlooking our right, our responsibility to civil disobedience. This could be approached in a variety of ways, including demonstrations outside corporate head offices, certainly I'd not recommend sending letter bombs or Anthrax through the mail unless you were careful to take precautions and not be caught. Really, folks, it's time...