Gasoline.

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Originally Posted by whell

This should also be an lesson to lefties about what the actual drivers are of oil prices. Has nothing to do with who is in the White House or which president has friends at "big oil." It always has been, and always will be, about supply and demand. Period. End of story.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102084062

The abrupt acceleration of an over 26 percent slide in prices since June was triggered by three news items that epitomized the market's turn: a downgrade in global oil consumption forecasts; projections for another big boost in shale oil; and reluctance by OPEC members to cut output.

Oil is struggling to find a floor after Saudi Arabia made clear that it was focused on maintaining market share, not supporting prices with unilateral production cuts.

Other members appear to be taking a similar tack. A source familiar with oil policy in Iran, normally one of the first in OPEC to call for production cuts, followed Kuwait in saying there was no need to rein in supplies.

"I think it's just continued the rationalization that all signs continue to suggest that OPEC is not going to do much," said Dominick Chirichella, senior partner at the Energy Management Institute, New York.

...and its that part that I bolded above as one significant reason why OPEC doesn't want to cut production and the Saudis are saying they want to "maintain market share."



Fixed it for you...

Are you ignoring the significant work that has been done on the demand side of the equation?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/bu...ards.html?_r=0

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...cafe-standards