i agree it was speculators then and that was the problem.... but you said from spring to now it jumped. and i am being honest i work longer hours sometimes 10 and 11 hour days in this period of the year cuz of planting, making hay, and harvesting. i wish we could point to am guy behind a curtain pulling the strings of the gas price but it isnt like that. If it was the gulf oil spill would have been the perfect storm to raise the price to 4 or 5 bucks a gallon since the media was acting like it was a huge part of the market, when in reality it is just a tiny fraction of what is actually produced.