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How Oil and Gas Prices Fare in Dollar vs. Euro Terms

As many suspect, futures trading and the devaluation of the Dollar were the most likely culprits in the huge oil price run-up. Also, let us not forget demand; yes, India, China, and lots of new Hummers crusing the American roads today.

A silver lining becomes evedent when one realizes that our subprime mess has also served to dry up the short-term capital needed by the robber-barans in the oil futures trading arena.

Look at Vitol and notice the inherent conflict of interest in their trading practices. Enron showed California how it could make a buck... Oil futures traders are showing the world.