Quote Originally Posted by Frög
thats really not the reason why.. its part of it, but the real reason is the value of our dollar, and the fact that we are running out of petrol..

look at other countries, France is paying more per litter than we are per gallon.. So they are paying ~10+ dollars per gallon, and Venezuela is not part of the issue..
We're not running out of oil. In fact they find more and more everyday, its just no one is drilling for it, so they can keep the supply tighter and charge more money. France is paying like $9-10/gallon, however half of that is taxes, part of which get funneled back into things like better public transportation.