that aside, what do you think is to blame for this gas hike? >> well, this isn't rocket science, so to speak. when you stop the pipeline across the country, when you let the russians have their pipeline, when you have countries that are controlling a substantial amount of the crude, that they don't think that much of the united states, then you'll see gasoline prices, fuel prices all across the board, going up. so we are seeing exactly what you would expect when you have a supply and demand. we have become energy independent. america was selling our products all over the world, giving the europeans real freedom from the russians, and that's all been turned on its head because of the left's desire to stop