Again, I
assert it came from gouging the public.

I know a chemical engineer who works for them and I asked about costs of
gasoline manufacture. When gas was selling at about $1.25 / gallon, he
explained that the cost of manufacturing the gasoline (oil, refinery costs)
worked out to about $1.00 / gal.

When you figure that the government, both federal, state and local may add
taxes on the sale of a gallon of gas, then I figure the government should be
blamed with the gouging as they did little to produce and distribute the
product.

Ed