[tomking]

Well oil is priced around the world in dollars. And dollars are getting less and less valuable around the world due to our voracious appetitie for spending money that we dont have. Spending due to the war on poverty, due to trying to provide health care to all, due to the war against terrorism, due to pork barrell spending by polictians trying to buy votes, due to the "tax rebate" to stimulate the economy by borrowing from future generations, etc. etc. and on and on