I heard the news about the $5.00 gasoline, and the statement came from a EX-President of Shell. That was a pretty bold statement and it started alot of discussions within the company I work for (Shell). On our company website it had the entire interview, and he did say that gasoline would be $5.00 a gallon, if the adminstration continued to keep offshore or for that matter most of the domestic drilling shutdown, we will be dependent more on foreign oil and with shortages and transportation the cost of crude would go up for Americans, which raise prices of most of our consumer goods including gasoline.
As for the Deisel I too have a deisel truck, I don't like the prices either, but people should remember that deisel was fairly cheap until 2005 when the government manadated that by 2007 all deisel vehicles will run Low Sulpher deisel. Low Sulpher means more processing, which means more cost pre gallon to produce. Somebody (Consumers) will have to pay the difference.