I rarely see mention of another reason for rising barrel prices, the falling U.S. dollar. Priced in dollars it makes sense that a dollar that has fallen as much as it did would cause a rise in oil prices. In some places that traditionally have had *much* higher fuel prices but still maintain a healthy economy thank you very much, the price of fuel has risen but only a fraction of what is has in dollars.

To bring it full circle, I heard that a station in the U.S. did their annual cheap gas sale. People were parked on the road for many hours for the chance of saving a few bucks over a few hours hours of driving. Silly but at ~.0.98/gallon I will call that the new price point. Therefore I'm not buying fuel until I find it for ~0.30/litre.

We can turn this into one of those threads that go on for endlessly over things like $2 cables from china. jeez.

And I'll bid $158.33 for that N800. Call me crazy or call me iNuts, but I just gotta have another one...