He wants to drill in Alaska, suddenly there are more shortages. His daddy actually went to war over this same issue. Keeping the Oil and Gas companies rich. We will be paying for the George Bush presidency for some time. I've seen what the station owners pay for the fuel we brought them, and it was typically one to two cents less than what they charged their customers.
Most convienence stores make the bulk of their money by selling cigarettes, candy, etc.
Actually, wholesale natural gas prices are determined by market forces. The reason natural gas prices spiked thisthis winter, was becasue of the very warm winters we had the past few years. People didn't use much natural gas because of the warm winter, so prices were very low. Meanwhile, the economy is booming, and more electric plants and industrial and residential customers are using natural gas. Natural gas usage shoots up, prices skyrocket, and even electrical customers pay more because of the natural gas electrical generators.