The price of gasoline is based on the stability of the middle east. There is no shortage of oil, and every year, more is discovered then thought to have existed. In my opinion, Iran is the main cause of inflating the price of oil ISIS should be, but nobody is doing anything to stop them from selling oil, so it's flowing freely everywhere they are in control. Since Iran was given access to tens of billions of dollars to do with as they please, they have gone quite on global terrorism, and world threats, while they build up their weapons supplies, race to build a nuclear bomb and improve their infrastructure. As long as they are happy spending all that money, the middle east should remain quiet and the flow of oil will remain stable. What happens when Iran gets the bomb, or we go to war with ISIS is anybodies guess, but history has proven that when this happens, the price of oil will jump significantly. Now would be a great time to invest in oil stocks!!!