[Rick Lee]

Oh, I agree totally that futures traders have run up the price of oil. However, our ever-increasing consumption, despite ever-increasing prices has vindicated their actions. If people here would just consume less, those traders would stop shooting the moon. I remember the gas price spikes after Katrina and thinking it might actually change people's behavior. But no, you still see humongous SUV's on the road all the time and people, while they complain and blame everyone else, still pay whatever it takes to fill'er up.