I noticed earlier this year when the price per barrel was dropping the price per gallon was still rising. I'm not so sure the two are tied together. Just my thought, but i did hear a good theory that has to do with supply and demand. At 4 dollars a gallon people were more conservative. The supply of gas had never stopped, we as a nation just thought it did which gave them leeway to raise the price. We all know when you leave gas in the tank to long it goes bad. They had to much supply and we weren't demanding it.
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