Illinois is so centrally located that many commodities being shipped east and west pass on our highways. Illinois is a major producer of produce, grain and ethanol. Farmers use the same gas you want for harvesting and transportation. Truckers, though they might try, can't always avoid fueling in the Prairie State. There is something even more disgusting going on here in regards to energy prices.
Conservation is our only tool to fight what is obviously price gouging.
It is open season on Americans and those that should be protecting our interests are not. I bet if they took off those soft PAC money glasses, they might see the truth. It is easy to understand that to get elected in this day and time, you need some of that special interest money slid your way by the buckets full. They might as well be feeding those in the legislatures across the country and in Washington D.C. crack cocaine. The effect is the same, once you take a hit of that soft money, you got to have more.