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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Reasons Why Gasoline Prices are so High

Reasons Why Gasoline Prices are so High

Here in northern California gasoline is now retailing for $4.20 a gallon. Prices haven’t been this high since mid-2008. Forecasts for $5 per gallon gas in the US this summer are now commonplace. What’s driving prices up? Most analysts focus mostly on two factors: worries about Iran and increased demand from a perceived global economic recovery. However, as we will see, there are also often-overlooked systemic factors in the oil industry that almost guarantee us less-affordable oil. Iranian Poker Iran wants nuclear power and (probably)…Read more...

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