I seem to remember in a previous thread where I talked about market manipulation of oil prices by speculators. But I'm sure this was just "supply and demand". Oh wait it was because of the sub prime mortgage crisis. Ahhh, that makes sense. Banks sell risky loans to the government and are gas prices go up. That totally makes sense.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices

The article is too long to post.