HERE'S SOME MORE INTERESTING FACTS THAT YOU COULDN'T COMPREHEND OR READ, COCKSUCKER.......Oh, an interesting side note. The America Petroleum Institute collects statistics that allow us to break out various components of the price of a gallon of gas. Comparing prices today with 1981, when they were at a peak:

The cost of crude oil -- the amount that goes to OPEC and the people who actually pump it out of the ground -- is half today what it was in 1981.
Refining and distribution -- what goes to the big oil companies -- is up by a miniscule amount, about 1%.
Federal, state, and local taxes are up 43%. (Note this is after adjusting for inflation. Federal taxes alone have gone up 360% before adjusting for inflation.)
So if you're worrying about rising oil prices, there is one simple cause: Taxes. Sales and excise taxes today make up 21% of the price of a gallon of gas. (This does not include income taxes.) Whatever your opinion of the value of what the government does with this money, clearly this has nothing to do with overpopulation or exhausting our natural resources.