Really? Your kidding right?
If the price of crude isnt the issue, then why the hell is home heating oil $3.999 a gallon now thqat crude is over $125.00 a barrel, but back when crude was $65.00 a barrel, home heating oil was $0.899 per gallon?
Crude prices, refinment costs, transporting costs, ect all affect the price at the pump.
But you know the number one thing that affects pump price, right?
YOU, me, and every other person that continues to pay the prices without reducing your driving habits and styles (seen as gas usage). It’s all simple econonmics, supply and demand, as long there is a demand, and you have the supply, you can charge whatever you want.