I have the answer to the question, it has been called "sticky pricing" a tool used by the Oil Corporations (with Congressional approval apparently) that allows the Prices to spike on the "speculation" remember there was oil and gasoline produced before the prices per barrel were raised yet they are allowed to collect the profit on any oil previously pumped. I would hope that the "new" 2012 Congress might address the issue by forcing the Companies to reduce the pricing at the pump as quickly as they can raise it.
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