Actually, there’s one reason:
1) Greed
1) Greed
In a single word you have IDENTIFIED the CORE ISSUE.
Greed may be a reason, but I doubt it. The main reason for increased oil prices is GOVERNMENT sticking it’s nose in an area which should be off limits to government. In fact, most prices are higher because of GOVERNMENT GREED, not business greed.
Remember, it's only greed when somebody else has profitted.
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