Are you able to draw any parallels from the above questions with the
irrefutable economic laws of supply and demand? Do you think any of this
might be responsible for the price of a gallon of gas?


I forgot one that I intended to include. I think it's important enough to
add to the equation:

Are you aware of the cosmic joke that has managed to locate most of the
world's oil in countries run by crazy-assed lunatics?