tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post4113528149457539526..comments2008-12-10T10:47:19.156-07:00y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-83865767956316865662008-12-10T10:47:00.000-07:002008-12-10T10:47:00.000-07:00My next posts were going to answer this very question. <BR/><BR/>Part of this summer's price spike resulted from a belief that American fuel demand was fixed because demand had failed to respond to the increasingly large fluctuations that occurred every summer.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that there was a great deal of manipulation of prices through a broken financial system.y-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-31958382015444759042008-12-09T17:06:00.000-07:002008-12-09T17:06:00.000-07:00Better, more transparent, and more timely information is always good. It helps consumers make better decisions.<BR/><BR/>It seems as if you are treating the wild fluctuations in energy prices of this last year as normal seasonal swings. Seasonal adjustments were only a small portion of this year's price changes. Fed policy and overall economic issues made a much larger difference than any seasonal change.Reach Upwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.com