gas prices are up to the 7th highest on record this week spurred by the eventual attack on iraq (2nd largest producer of oil in the world and with saddam's scorched land policy [burn and destroy every oil rig outside of baghdad]) and the fact that the US oil reserves are at an all time low to artificially keep oil prices low

this binge on oil is not backfiring and since the gov't and the american auto industry has continually turned its back on the problem it will explode and we will have the long gas lines adn those that can't afford to buy gas for the guzzlers