IMO oil futures trading and prices at the pump are complete, 100%, man made BS. Futures trading alone is raises or lowers costs for consumers based on what may or may not happen. It is a lot like the weather report, a collective "good guess". However, unlike the weather, you get to pay for their errors. Ask yourself this, when oil prices are traded for instance prices for Feb/Mar orders now, why are your pump prices directly correlated? In theory, they shouldn't be. The fuel your consuming was purchased on orders months earlier...interesting scam to say the least.

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