I had my own harsh moment this week at the gas station, pumping $4.60 gasoline: My 50 mpg Prius now costs more to run than my old 15 mpg sedan did in 2002, when gasoline sold around here for as little as $1.13 a gallon. My salary sure hasn't kept up.

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Gasoline prices are hitting record highs every day ($4.075 nationally today, and $4.607 in California, per AAA) Oil company profits are out of sight, as you can tell from looking at our "Oil Profits Monster" database. Yet Congress hasn't even acted to regulate out-of-control oil trading markets. Or to put oversight on refineries that restrict their gasoline and diesel production to keep the retail price high.

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