[entropy12]

Gold and oil are not manufactured items and Asia can do nothing to produce them in large quantities.

Our gas prices are down from near $4/gal to $3.35 in my neck of the woods, thanks to fracking.

[Nachum]

Gold and oil are not manufactured items and Asia can do nothing to produce them in large quantities.

Then why is the price artificially low?

And, re:oil, I would maintatin that gas is still at very high levels compared to the amount of oil produced right now.