that irritates me too. oil goes up $10 a barrell, gas goes up .30 a gallon. oil drops 20 a barrel, gas decreases by about .03.

i shoulda took economics. i work in the printing industry and for some reason, despite printing jobs getting fewer, the cost of materials(paper and ink) have skyrocketed in the last 2 years. don't prices generally drop when the demand is waning?