Anyone who claims this is about oil is either an intentional liar, or too damn stupid to be saved. It is physically, fiscally and mathematically proven that this cannot POSSIBLY be about oil.
And the ignorant high school kids that skipped even a single class should receive an unexcused absence and NOT be allowed to make up any work or tests they missed. And if that makes it impossible to pass a given class, or even to graduate, all the better.
Or parroting what they have heard on NPR (national proletariat radio) your taxpayer funded hate America network.