I've never been a big believer in conspiracies, but my view is changing somewhat when it comes to the price of gasoline.

I'm almost starting to firmly believe there's a conspiracy by some powerful oil executives to gouge consumers at the pumps.

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We all know our gasoline prices at the pump are based on the world price of oil - and that commodity is sky-high these days.

But just a couple of days after the deadly hurricane knocked out a pile of key oil refineries in the U.S., we got slammed with a massive hike at the pumps in Edmonton?

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You'd think that most of the fuel people were buying at the pumps in our town was refined quite some time ago. So why should gas go up so quickly?

Doesn't it always seem that gas rises right away when there's a boost in the price of a barrel of oil? But the prices at the pumps sure don't quickly plummet when the cost of a barrel of oil goes down.

You don't have to be much of a cynic to feel we're simply getting gouged by those oil companies whose executives will use any excuse to jack up their already massive profits.

Doesn't it always seem that gas rises right away when there's a boost in the price of a barrel of oil? But the prices at the pumps sure don't quickly plummet when the cost of a barrel of oil goes down.