I live in the Pembina 5-way. One of the worlds largest oil production centers. An area, for you Americans, about the size of Rhode Island, that a few years back had a higher oil output then Alaska. Gas prices here, where we refine it, is closeing on $5.00 per gallon. $1.20 per litre. The reason? they can sell it for more per barel elsewhere, so they ship more elsewhere, creating an artificial shortage right here. The silliest thing, IMHO is that the oil and natural gas reserves here, at a conservative estimate. This is just what's below the area I live, is believed at present to be enough to sustain the current world need. On it's own with no other input from other countries, or even elsewhere in Canada, for the next 50-100 years. Some of it is pure ugly to get at. Being under many feet of swampland and all, but it is there.