>Oil futures blasted to a new record near $123 a barrel Tuesday, gaining momentum as investors bought on a forecast of much higher prices and on any news hinting at supply shortages. Retail gas prices edged lower, but appear poised to rise to new records of their own in coming weeks.
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>Has anyone tried forcasting lower prices?
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>http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080506/oil_prices.html?.v=12

Or, is the Bush admin helping prop up oil prices?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080505/ts_usnews/stockpilingourwayto120perbarrelcrude

Nah, they would never do that!