Superman Faces Off With Mobil Worker At Gas Price Protest:

Demonstrator Norberto Gonzalez, second from right, wears a Superman costume as he joins consumers to protest the high cost of gasoline as a mobile worker gestures at right Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at a Mobil gas station in Los Angeles. At far right is an unidentified station employee. Oil prices fell sharply Tuesday, dropping below $124 a barrel as demand concerns grew and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that more interest rate cuts are unlikely.

The look on the Mobil employee guy's face is beyond priceless.

Let's Jump In The Time Machine And Head Back To 1998:



Take A Look At This Beauty! A Shell Station - 1999:



Just A Year Later, In 2000, Citgo Was At $1.08:



A Photo, From 2001, Spotlights High Gas Prices In OK:



After A Quick Dip In Price, Gas Was Back Up In 2002:



In Early 2003 Gas Prices Jumped Over The $2.00 Mark:



At $2.50 A Gallon In 2004 People Vowed To Cut Back:



Sadly, It Only Got Worse For Commuters In Late 2006:



In 2007 Most People Had Forgotten About 99 Cent Gas:



It's Now 2008 - Gas Is Above $4.00 A Gallon And Rising:



Is This What The Future Looks Like At The Pump?:



What Makes Things Worse Is I'm All Out Of Gas:



As you can see, it wasn't all that long ago when we were filling up our tanks for a mere $14.00. Today, you're lucky to get a full tank of gas for under $60.00. One things for sure, it seems that the price of gas is more likely to go up in 2009 than to reverse course and spare our bank accounts. When will the pain at the pump ease?

French Fishermen Pull A Robin Hood In Supermarket Protest:

Protesting French fishermen take frozen fish from a supermarket to hand out to passers-by in western France.

And just what are they protesting over? Gas prices.

Thieves Increasingly Drilling Into Fuel Tanks To Steal Gas:

DETROIT — Dale Fortin is getting a new kind of customer at his Detroit auto repair shop, customers who have not just been in a fender-bender or had a windshield smashed by a rock.

The soaring price of crude oil has turned gas tanks into a cache of valuable booty, and Fortin has replaced several tanks punctured or drilled by thieves thirsting for the nearly $4-a-gallon fuel inside.

"That's the new fad," said the co-owner of Dearborn Auto Tech in Detroit. "I'd never seen it before gas got up this high."

While gas station drive-offs and siphoning are far more common methods of stealing gas, reports of tank and line puncturing are starting to trickle into police departments and repair shops across the country.

Some veteran mechanics and law enforcement officers say it's an unwelcome return of a crime they first saw during the Middle East oil embargo of the early 1970s.

The photo above is the ultimate sign that gas prices have blasted through what anyone could deem an affordable price. It was snapped in Eureka, Missouri and the siphon was left dangling in broad daylight. At damn near $4.00 a gallon in most places, it costs more than $50 to fill up the average tank. But how much really is too much? If gas hits $5.00 or $6.00 will the flood to public transportation increase? Though oil prices have dropped in the past few days most analysts predict that gas prices will rise before they fall. So, odds are, we may be seeing more scenes like the one above playing out in cities across this country. It might be time for a locking gas cap.

Major Oil Executives Face A Grilling By U.S. Senators:

WASHINGTON - Senators told oil executives Wednesday that high oil prices cannot be explained by supply and demand and the oil industry's concentration — and OPEC price collusion — is contributing to the costs facing consumers.

Executives of the five largest oil companies were appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said there's an unexplained "disconnect" between prices — at nearly $130 a barrel — and legitimate supply and demand.

"We need to get prices under control.... We can only conclude that the oil markets have failed," said Sen. Herbert Kohl, D-Wis.

But Shell Oil Co. Chairman John Hofmeister said the prices can be explained, saying, "The fundamental laws of supply and demand are at work."

So what do you think? Are the oil execs right to site the 'supply and demand' argument in this case or should they cut Americans some slack at the pump? It's hard to argue with 'supply and demand'.

Gasoline Sticker Shock Shocks Tourists Along Highway One:



Just south of the Bay Area gas has surpassed $5 a gallon.