I mean really, justify an $8 rise in one day thylacine, please?
Sorry, I can't - but at least I think I agree with CC that there are many mischievous hands at work massaging the price of oil currently. The long view (IMHO) is that the availability of cheap oil, at least as readily accessible as the stuff we have enjoyed to date, is a diminishing resource that will get steadily more expensive until we find ways to use it better than pi#ssing it up against a wall sitting in traffic jams and use it instead for more important things such as aviation, pharmaceuticals and plastics amongst others.