The following graphs of world oil supply and demand clearly show that world oil supply has not met world oil demand for several years. Demand has been greater than supply.This , the most basic law of economics, the law of supply and demand should put an end to all this scapegoating of the speculators (the free market), hopefully.
Proof that demand has not met supply for several years
We have enough oil in the ground , in oil shale , in coal to oil, etc. But democrats have not let us get to that oil and they won't unless the American people make them. How can we have enough oil production/supply when for decades Democrats have said no to more oil drilling, no to more nuclear power plants, no to more refineries, no to drilling in ANWR, no to drilling in the OCS, no to oil shale, no to coal to oil liquefaction, no to coal mining, no to coal power plants, etc. etc. and so on ad infinitum?