tony, it was a while back. do a search on gas prices or something, or just look back at the posts i've made in order to find it. i'm too tired and in too much pain to attempt anything tonight.
but, of note, something reported on consumeraffairs.com:
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AIRLINES JOIN EFFORT TO LIMIT OIL SPECULATORS
Despite mounting evidence that speculators were driving up the price of oil to profit off lucrative contracts for oil futures, both Wall Street and the White House said that it would be irresponsible to, well, speculate on such an idea. But the airline industry, stung by reductions in service and fare hikes to cover fuel costs, is taking that risk. The executives in charge of 12 major airlines have published an open letter to consumers on the StopOilSpeculation.com Web site urging them to push Congress to limit oil speculation in the hope of pushing prices down. Read more...
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the cliff's notes: 12 major airlines have posted to the website in the OP. they're behind the movement to get the speculators off of oil, or put some rules into effect that would limit the amount the actual price of gasoline is affected by their actions.