Is oil plentiful?
Obviously, I would think that most of us would agree that the price gouging is a fraud.
But, to hear this from the lips of one of their puppets.
Market full of oil, price trend "fake": Ahmadinejad - Yahoo! News
Oh, and by the way, Bush calls for off-shore drilling and the Democrats reject.
Bush urges Congress to lift offshore drilling ban - Yahoo! News
I don't know the pros and cons of lifting the ban on off-shore oil drilling, but could the extremely high oil prices be the precedent for lifting the ban?
A means to an end.