1. The switch from MTBE to Ethanol have companies on the panic on how to maintain that octane rating without using the banned ingrediant since we just found out now its killing us!
2. The fear of war is coming, can you smell it? The scientific term is, "This is an artifact of global turmoil."
3. Even the Saudi's admit that they can't meet upcoming demand and if they have the best, the most and the cheapest oil in the world and they are saying something like that oh no what's there to do but to...
... HYPERMILE some more
Source autoblog:
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/04/07/gas-prices-climb-due-to-mtbe-phase-out-and-expense-of-oil/
Extra reading:
http://ogj.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=GenIn&ARTICLE_ ID=251971&p=7